As the people from the desertification control department entered the various oasis outposts, the related work surrounding the oases officially began.
During this period, Gege Wu, as the primary military commander stationed in the desert region, naturally received the relevant news as well.
To cooperate with the operation, the undead forces led by Gege Wu expanded outward even further, incorporating a larger area of desert into the territory of Great Zhou.
This operation itself was actually not very risky. After all, there were currently no enemies in the desert region.
At the same time, relocating the undead forces was relatively inexpensive at this stage.
They had refrained from expanding all along simply because, after expanding, the area they needed to garrison on the periphery would become much larger, and there had been little need for that.
But the situation was different now.
Since the project in the rear had begun, they had to open up the surrounding space to facilitate the work there while ensuring its safety.
Once the undead forces had confirmed their course of action, they advanced while not forgetting to explore the surrounding area.
If they could discover a new oasis during the process, it would undoubtedly be a great achievement.
Unfortunately, they did not.
Gege Wu estimated the distance. Just as he felt it was about time to deploy the Place of Rest and station the undead forces, he suddenly felt something stir in his arms.
He instinctively reached beneath his robe and took out a black compass the size of his palm.
The needle on the black compass, which had remained motionless all this time, suddenly began to move faintly.
This discovery made the Soul Fire in Gege Wu's eye sockets leap silently twice. He then steadily placed the black compass in his hand.
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