On August 3, 2017, Lin Chenxing and Gao Zheng returned to Xingyan Base.
With the combined efforts of several War Gods who had arrived at the site beforehand, they had successfully slain the Green-Feathered Ghost Duck and the Lord-level Monsters in the area. Good news had also come from the sites selected for the various Satellite Cities: the initial clearing had been completed. The entire plan was proceeding smoothly.
After following Shang Minghua to Tangkan Settlement, they had also won the unanimous support of its leadership. The merger of the two bases had been added to the agenda.
Who could refuse the protection of a settlement far stronger than their own in such a dangerous, precarious world?
To ensure Tangkan Settlement could relocate smoothly when the time came, Lin Chenxing and Gao Zheng chose to kill every Monster they encountered along the way back, even at the cost of slowing their return. That was why they did not reach the base until August 3.
After the two returned to the base and reported the meeting's outcome to the senior council, construction throughout the base once again sprang into full swing.
However, the decisions reached by the senior council were far bolder than Lin Chenxing and Gao Zheng's original ideas. Ambition had been present from the moment the council was established, and now that the authorities had approved the construction of a Base City, it was inevitable that this ambition would grow.
After all, the plan called for only six Base Cities across the country. If Xingyan Base became one of them, its rulers would wield immense power.
According to the senior council's decision, the expansion would increase the base's area from around a thousand mu to ten thousand. With support for antiaircraft weapons expected from Tangkan Settlement and the Beijing