With this news now fully confirmed, the questions they needed to consider had increased accordingly.
That was, assuming enemies appeared in the desert region and launched an offensive from the Smith Kingdom, would they pose a threat to them?
And if the Smith Kingdom underwent large-scale desertification, what should they do if it ultimately affected them?
As for the first question, Zhou Xu was actually not too worried.
According to the intelligence sent back by the spies, the side of the Smith Kingdom connected to the void was most likely behind a sheer cliff.
That thing was practically a natural moat.
Seriously, if there were such a sheer cliff along Great Zhou's desert border, Zhou Xu would have laughed out loud. The defensive advantage would be enormous.
When the time came, even if Feisher could not defeat the enemy, retreating to that cliff to establish a camp and defend it certainly would not cause any major problems.
To some extent, the existence of the Smith Kingdom could even help them draw fire.
Even if the enemy truly broke through, they had already deployed defensive camps along their new northeastern border. With Li Ce and Shilke stationed there, the garrison also included units of the Female Warrior Tribe, whose average combat strength was elite-level.
Aside from that, the railway from Black Moon City to the northeastern border had long since been completed, making their movement efficiency extremely high.
Even if something really went wrong, the northeastern border could immediately send word back through the Miniature Communication Magic Cube.
Once he received the message, Zhou Xu could directly arrange for the Imperial Guard in the imperial capital and the grassland garrison to go provide support.
At the same time, there were also his own Out-of-Body Realm combat strength and Yalveth's Vertical and