"By the Emperor above, it really is all sand!"
Standing at the border of the void, the staff sent by the Greening and Environmental Protection Bureau stared at the seemingly endless desert in the World Shard opposite them. Every one of them was dumbstruck.
The Greening and Environmental Protection Bureau's team consisted mainly of Wood Elves, and Wood Elves had always lived alongside forests. Even when they saw ordinary barren land, they would frown twice, let alone an extreme desert environment like this, which they had never seen before.
Although they had yet to formally experience how formidable the climate and environment on the other side were, merely looking at the yellow sand that practically filled the entire space was enough for the Wood Elves to realize that this mission would probably not be simple.
"How long until this World Shard finishes joining with ours?"
"Six months at the fastest, a year at the slowest."
Their Great Zhou had experienced this state before—twice, in fact—but few people could make an accurate judgment. Shi Lei was one of them.
Back then, he had led troops guarding the border of the mountain ranges. He had participated in the entire process as the World Shard continuously drew closer.
"This World Shard looks close to us because it's extremely enormous. By the time it truly approaches us, you won't be able to tell that it's a shard at all."
After receiving Shi Lei's answer, the Wood Elves nodded to show that they understood. Then they wasted no time and quickly got to work.
Half a year to a year might seem quite long to humans, but to the Wood Elves, wasn't that merely the time it took to blink?
In their eyes, time was already extremely tight. They had to speed things up.
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