Shen Heng slightly raised his eyes, waiting for Zhou Zhenguo to continue.
However, Zhou Zhenguo did not continue directly, but instead asked:
Do you know what the principles of city building are?
"Beneath the mountains and beside the river?" Shen Heng answered the question with the little common sense he had.
It's only a tiny bit related, nothing more.
Zhou Zhenguo nodded, then stretched out his withered finger and drew three faint lines on the fogged car window.
"The construction of a city mainly emphasizes three points: strategic location, key position, and convenient transportation."
"Dangerous, it's an insurmountable natural barrier!"
"This natural barrier includes what you just mentioned: being situated along mountains and rivers, as well as being adjacent to cliffs."
"To win is to find the vital point!"
"The key is to position yourself where the enemy is bound to pass through, or where you can directly threaten the enemy."
"Quzhou is our own road!"
"How should reinforcements be deployed? How should supplies be transported? How should the wounded be evacuated?"
Shen Heng lowered his eyes slightly, pondering his words, and after a moment said:
"But considering the physical capabilities of the Calamity Beast and Calamity Beast situation compared to them, many things seem unnecessary!"
Zhou Zhenguo gave Shen Heng an approving look, then nodded somewhat listlessly.
"Yes, the Erosion Zone is too large, and we have too few people. The Calamity Beast don't necessarily have a path they have to take."
"The disparity in strength between us and the Calamity Beast prevents us from even considering our own path."
"But..."
He paused, Zhou Zhenguo looked up again, his spirits much higher.
"We can still rely on the mountains, although given the physical capabilities of these Calamity Beast, the mountains they rely on probably won't be able to stop them much, but we can still find shelter near rivers and cliffs."
"With the help of these natural barriers, we can face as few Calamity Beast Calamity Beast as possible, and by the time they reach us, they will have already expended a great deal of energy."
"Thus, we can deal with the most Calamity Beast with the fewest troops!"
Shen Heng nodded. Before setting off, he had already seen the destination of this city-building project in the data, which had been explored by reconnaissance personnel specially trained by the base in the previous period, but...
"How many Calamity Beast can this withstand?" Shen Heng asked in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhenguo paused for a moment, then said:
"Without those ordinary cities where you're stationed, you could probably hold off a little over ten thousand Calamity Beast! Any more than that, and things would get tough!"
"If the Calamity Beast reach 60,000 to 70,000 like they are attacking the base now..."
He didn't say what he was going to say next, but Shen Heng understood.
Let alone those cities without their garrison, even those cities with their garrison would have no chance of survival against 60,000 to 70,000 Calamity Beast!
He slowly turned his head to look out the car window, and in a daze, he thought of the orders that had been relayed from above.
If necessary, evacuation can be prioritized...
Amidst the clanging and bumping sounds, the destination came into Shen Heng's view.
It was a solitary peak, standing tall among the mountains like a pillar supporting the sky.
"Does this mountain have a name?" Shen Heng asked.
Zhou Zhenguo looked at the solitary peak and said:
"Yes, we named it Solid Rock Mountain."
"What?! Are we supposed to be doing hard labor here?!"
Kuang Jie carried a building block and jogged up the mountain, his face looking somewhat distressed.
Although the transport vehicles were all modified for off-road driving, no amount of modification could help them climb a mountain without a road.
"Let's stop complaining. Aren't those seniors helping with the moving too?" Zhao Ming said with a wry smile.
"Well, I was just saying!"
Kuang Jie spoke, he turned his head to look at the cliff to the side, then gazed down at the ground below, before turning back to look at the mountaintop.
"Damn, this mountain is really high, it must be two or three thousand meters high!"
"Hmm, but in that case, it will be even harder for the Calamity Beast to come up, right? We'll be able to resist even more Calamity Beast!" Zhao Ming said.
"That's true!" Kuang Jie nodded. "This mountain alone could probably hold off thousands or even tens of thousands of Calamity Beast. If it weren't for the Light Gate connecting our Blue Star there, the base probably wouldn't have been built on that plain!"
Zhao Ming nodded.
As he spoke, he turned his head to look behind him, trying to see how many people were still there.
However, that one glance made him shudder, and he quickly looked away.
What are you doing?
Zhao Ming glanced at Kuang Jie with some doubt, then turned to look behind him.
Seeing the figure leaping up quickly with the construction robot in his sight, Zhao Ming smiled wryly, understanding why Kuang Jie acted that way just now.
"Damn it, didn't Captain Shen already go up? How come he's coming from behind?" Kuang Jie said, somewhat annoyed. He had specifically waited for Captain Shen to go up before he started moving things.
" The Fourth Tier fighter can fly now, so it's probably to save time by flying directly down from there!" Zhao Ming speculated, then looked at Kuang Jie and said, "It's okay if we didn't recognize him before, was it really necessary to do this?"
"I don't want to either, but didn't we just tell Captain Shen that we wanted to follow Instructor Wang Hu?!" Kuang Jie reminded him.
"Well..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ming indeed felt even more embarrassed. He said:
"But it's alright, Captain Shen seems quite easy to get along with, he probably won't mind these things!"
"Who knows? Maybe he's a smiling tiger?" Kuang Jie said.
After saying that, he heard the sounds getting closer and closer from behind, and quickly added:
"Stop talking, they're coming! Hurry up, pretend you didn't see them!"
Zhao Ming gave a wry smile, feeling as if he had returned to his school days and was seeing his teacher again.
However, he didn't refute it, as he also felt it was quite awkward.
Soon, the figure carrying the heavy construction robot, yet still moving with ease, had already overtaken them in a few quick strides.
The two instinctively held their breath, kept their heads down and hurried on their way, pretending not to see anything.
However, the figure paused slightly when it was more than half a body length ahead of them.
Kuang Jie's heart skipped a beat, and he tightened his grip on the building block.
Watch your step, this path is slippery.
A calm voice came from above, devoid of any particular emotion.
After saying that, the figure sped up again, carrying the object that was several times heavier than the blocks in their hands, and continued to climb steadily towards the top of the mountain, quickly widening the gap between them.
Only after the figure had disappeared into the distance did the two exchange a glance.
"This... were you overheard?" Kuang Jie asked, not entirely sure.
"Probably, otherwise why would they suddenly tell us this?" Zhao Ming said.
As he spoke, he looked at Kuang Jie.
"But if you put it that way, you mean you don't care?"
"Yeah, I think so!"
Kuang Jie nodded, his gaze unconsciously drifting to the mountain path behind him.
They were talking when they were still quite far away, how could they have heard that?
Is hearing really that good after Fourth Tier?