Silence fell over the meeting room once again.
Someone opened their mouth, seemingly wanting to ask, "Is this even possible?", but then swallowed the words back.
The difficulties and sacrifices involved are unimaginable.
Zhang Weijun remained silent, gazing at the crowd below and allowing them to process this sudden news.
After a long pause, an inspector who had entered the Erosion Zone at the beginning raised his hand and asked a question.
"Hundreds of Fifth Tier Calamity Beast? Is the current Erosion Zone capable of supporting so many Fifth Tier Calamity Beast?"
"The progress varies across different Erosion Zone, mainly due to the number of Anchor Point and 'Eye of Earth Marrow ' within that Erosion Zone."
Zhang Weijun gave a brief explanation, then paused, looking at everyone with a serious expression.
"Furthermore, as time goes on, the Source Core provided by the Eye of Earth Marrow will make this speed faster and faster!"
Upon hearing this, everyone in the conference room frowned.
Will the Source Core provided by the Eye of Earth Marrow cause the Erosion Zone to stabilize at an increasingly faster rate...?
Some people subconsciously glanced at a figure somewhere in front of them.
More than half a year ago, it was that person who led the team on an adventure to destroy one of their Eye of Earth Marrow.
In retrospect, it seems that it was precisely because of that action that their lives have become relatively easier now!
Damn it, isn't this tantamount to a slow death?
Xu Yu's brows were furrowed tightly.
In just one year, one Erosion Zone expanded to hundreds of Fifth Tier Erosion Zone, not to mention the others.
If this continues, they will either have to destroy the Erosion Zone or be driven out of Erosion Zone.
But what if it's destroyed? What if the Erosion Zone descends directly upon Blue Star?
Even though they could tell from the Calamity Beast ' reactions that the possibility was slim, they were still trying their best to avoid it.
After all, if that situation were to occur...
Everything seemed to have lost its meaning!
Many people frowned, clearly aware of the same problem.
"That's also the reason this meeting was convened."
Zhang Weijun slowly scanned the crowd below and finally stated the purpose of this meeting.
"We need to change our current strategy. We can no longer stay in the base; we must... launch a counter-offensive!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone subconsciously looked up at Zhang Weijun, their eyes filled with shock and astonishment.
A counterattack?! Right now, everyone's trapped in the base, let alone a counterattack! How can we launch a counterattack? What will we use to launch one?
Shen Heng's gaze also narrowed slightly.
Having already received some advance information, he had considered that the base should change its strategy and even launch a counterattack.
But so far, he hasn't come up with a good way to launch a counterattack.
The best approach would be similar to what happened last time: forming a mobile squad of Fifth Tier inspectors to sabotage the operation when the opportunity arises.
However, this still presents a problem.
Having already experienced the destruction of their Anchor Point once, the Calamity Beast will undoubtedly react even faster and more aggressively upon learning the news!
At that point, unless the team stops destroying the Anchor Point altogether, every subsequent action could feel like a gamble.
I'm betting that the Sixth Tier Calamity Beast won't be hiding among my targets this time!
But... can we afford to gamble?
Shen Heng slightly raised his eyes.
He believed the base couldn't afford to gamble, but... who could guarantee what those above would think?
Perhaps... spurred on, he's really decided to take a gamble?
On the platform, Zhang Weijun surveyed the crowd below and slowly said:
"We need to build cities outside; we can't stay stuck in this one base any longer!"
"Building a city?"
The familiar yet unfamiliar words left everyone momentarily stunned.
This surprised them even more than the counterattack.
They can't even leave their base, let alone build a city outside!
However, Zhang Weijun ignored the astonished crowd and went straight to explaining.
"Only by building a city outside and equipping it with sufficient weapons, letting the Calamity Beast know that we have the ability to threaten the Anchor Point and the Eye of Earth Marrow at any time, will they be willing to send back the Calamity Beast that are currently attacking this base, back to guard the Anchor Point and the Eye of Earth Marrow!"
"But..." an inspector raised his hand, "We're all here at the base, and we've been suffering casualties. Can the troops we've detached hold that newly built city?"
"We're not going to build just one, we're going to build multiple cities outside!" General Zhou Zhenguo suddenly said.
"Is there... any difference?" The inspector who had just asked the question asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Of course there's a difference!"
Zhou Zhenguo's face was grave, but he still insisted:
"In the beginning, the Calamity Beast will undoubtedly send a large force to the newly built city, attempting to destroy it."
"What we need to do is resist, and... notify the other cities to launch a frenzied attack on other Anchor Point, the Eye of Earth Marrow, and all other important locations."
"This requires only two things: enough cities and enough firepower!"
The crowd was either stunned or bewildered, some not understanding the specifics of this strategy.
Only a few people suddenly became serious.
Shen Heng frowned, understanding the strategy the base was referring to.
Simply put, if Calamity Beast wants to destroy a city, it always needs to send enough Calamity Beast over.
And they can use this time to attack those Anchor Point and the Eye of Earth Marrow!
Even if you eventually destroy this city, I can still cause considerable damage, or even completely destroy, the important places you are trying to defend.
Even more, I can rebuild this city afterward.
Thus, after several rounds, the Calamity Beast...
They would realize that destroying a city alone would be pointless, and thus relocate the Calamity Beast back to places like the Anchor Point and the Eye of Earth Marrow for defense.
As Zhou Zhenguo said, this strategy can indeed be achieved with just enough firepower and enough cities, but...
This will cost people their lives!
Undoubtedly, some of the lives of the Supervision Bureau members will be lost, but the most likely casualties will be those of the ordinary soldiers!
After all, a few hundred inspectors like them can't build any cities outside!
Furthermore, once they disperse, those who want to destroy the Anchor Point will still have to rely on ordinary soldiers!
If that's the case, then we probably can afford to wait, but...
Shen Heng slowly raised his eyes, looking at Li Daoyi, Zhang Weijun, Zhou Zhenguo and Wang Yuanshan sitting above him.
The faces of all four were extremely grave, very, very grave!
Shen Heng's hand suddenly trembled slightly.
He suddenly realized that just this one Erosion Zone could potentially lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives!