That morning, Chen Yu went out with the rescue team as usual, taking part in a routine supply-gathering mission.
Although the main force handled the fighting, the militiamen and volunteers still had important work to do, clearing the edges of the battlefield and hauling away usable supplies.
The task wasn't easy, but Chen Yu was used to it by now.
That afternoon, he went to the assembly point as usual, ready to continue with the afternoon patrol. To his surprise, the atmosphere seemed different.
Not only had the afternoon's operation been canceled, but everyone who had studied the Source Energy Basic Guidance Technique and made decent progress was told to gather at the open square in the center.
Puzzled, Chen Yu headed to the square. He soon spotted Zhou Yuxuan among the crowd, having been summoned there too.
The two nodded to each other, both seeing confusion in the other's eyes.
Before long, Wang Wenhai, one of the settlement's leaders, stepped onto the makeshift stage with a megaphone in hand.
"Quiet! Everyone, quiet!"
Wang Wenhai's voice rang across the square through the megaphone, and the already noisy crowd quickly fell silent.
"Comrades, I have some wonderful news from the Supreme Command!"
Wang Wenhai's voice brimmed with barely contained excitement. "The higher-ups have decided to establish a Source Energy cultivation training camp called East Blade. And it's going to be right here in Helu City!"
A wave of gasps and murmurs rose from the crowd.
A Source Energy cultivation training camp? One established by the higher-ups?
Right here in Helu City?
Right on their doorstep?
Wang Wenhai pressed his hands down, signaling for everyone to quiet down, then continued, "This training camp will select and recommend outstanding candidates from all the surviving bases and settlements across the country. Although our Helu