Late Spring (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader "Dreamlike Helplessness")

Over the next few days, Zhou Xu casually dealt with some of the internal affairs on the Old Continent.

However, it was obviously impossible for him to stay here indefinitely. Once things were more or less settled, it was time to set off for the New Continent again.

As for the Lizardmen, there simply wasn't enough time, so he decided not to go see them.

The main project there at the moment was the southern development program.

Although it was called a core project, in reality, they had merely sent over several batches of immigrants as laborers to slowly carry out some construction.

Considering the regional issues and various development factors, by the time the New Continent had developed to a fairly advanced stage, the southern development program there probably wouldn't have made much progress either. There was nothing worth seeing on this trip, and the road was so long that there was no need to waste the time.

Faced with this situation, Zhou Xu had no choice.

These past few waves, Great Zhou had been forced by circumstances to expand its population and territory too quickly, leaving it unable to keep up with its own development.

Food had to be eaten one bite at a time, and development had to be handled piece by piece. As for the order of priority, it certainly couldn't follow the order of conquest. Instead, they had to develop whichever area offered greater value and higher returns first.

Having done it once, they were familiar with it the second time. Zhou Xu and the others landed their hot-air balloon outside the garrison camp at the end of the mountain range.

Afterward, they planned to leave the hot-air balloon there. Carrying it around all the time made passing through the energy channel troublesome, so leaving