Taking Office, Becoming a Regional Commander

The base was located west of the Central Theater, in the narrow stretch of sea between the Central Theater of East Sea Province and the Second Defense Zone of East Tide Province.

Less than two hundred li to the east was the Central Theater's logistics transfer hub, while to the west lay the depth of East Tide Province's second line of defense. Strategically speaking, this sea area was a relatively safe rear region.

Yang Wenqing arrived the following morning aboard a dedicated Flying Shuttle. Since he still had to oversee his duties as deputy chief of staff at headquarters, he left Yang Hailin and the civilian team there to handle several handover procedures and activate several necessary permissions before departing with Liu Qin and the others.

As the Flying Shuttle passed through a thin veil of clouds and began descending, Yang Wenqing looked through the porthole at the base below, surprise flickering across his face.

The base was far larger than he had expected. It was actually a massive island chain, with the main island stretching roughly twenty li from east to west and measuring seven or eight li across even at its narrowest point.

Seven or eight satellite islands of varying sizes were scattered along both sides of the main island, linked by artificially built causeways and floating bridges.

As the Flying Shuttle descended, the outlines of the islands became increasingly clear. There were broad training grounds, orderly barracks, warehouse complexes, and artillery positions. The docks had enough berths to accommodate at least twenty medium-sized warships at once.

What surprised him most was that southwest of the main building stood a scaled-down version of the Redstone Archipelago. It was clearly a simulated training ground molded by earth-element cultivators using spells. Even the water depth had been recreated according to