By the time the next report reached Great Zhou, it was already late summer.
Looking at the latest report Shi Lei had sent back, Zhou Xu was indeed a little surprised.
World Shards... It really had been a long time since he'd encountered one.
The appearance of a World Shard meant that new land would be stitched in, but it was often accompanied by risks as well.
At that thought, Zhou Xu felt a headache coming on.
There really is no peace.
Still, there was no need to become too anxious just yet.
World Shards did not move that quickly. Great Zhou had also gained experience from confirming World Shards multiple times. According to Shi Lei's preliminary observations, even at the fastest, it would take more than three years for the World Shard to complete its connection.
Moreover, war might not necessarily break out after the connection. The other side might simply be a stretch of land with no developed forces.
Even if there were forces there, they could first try to coexist peacefully with them. War was not their only option.
Of course, they still had to maintain the necessary vigilance.
Take the Lizardmen, for example. The two World Shards had not even connected yet, but they had already been able to construct an energy channel and arrive in this world ahead of time.
That case had been specially recorded, and Shi Lei definitely knew about it. He could not possibly make such a low-level mistake, so there was no need to worry.
The next priority was the region connected to the void. They would definitely have to send heavy forces to guard it.
In fact, Shi Lei had mentioned this point in his report as well.
The problem now was where those troops were to be drawn from.