"Expand the gains?"
An officer spoke up and asked.
"You should still remember the purpose of our strategy, right?" Zhou Zhenguo said in a deep voice.
"By continuously building cities near the Anchor Point and harassing Anchor Point, we can prevent the Anchor Point from functioning properly, thereby forcing the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast change their original strategy and gather them into a few Anchor Point," the officer said.
"Yes, that's right!" Zhou Zhenguo nodded.
"But isn't that what we're doing right now?" another officer asked.
"We're working on it, but it's too slow!" Zhou Zhenguo frowned, his voice growing increasingly serious. "If we continue in the old way, how many more cities do you think the Calamity Beast will have to destroy before they realize our determination and, as we've planned, change their strategy and bring the Calamity Beast back?"
"This..."
The officer opened his mouth, but didn't know how to continue.
He didn't know the exact number, but he knew that achieving this goal would probably require more than just destroying one or two more cities!
The atmosphere in the room immediately became tense.
Zhou Zhenguo didn't seem to care and continued:
"To achieve this strategic objective, we have the determination and the courage to continue implementing the strategy. This does not mean we can so easily accept the sacrifice of one soldier after another!"
"It would have been fine if we hadn't had the chance before, but now that we do, we naturally need to spread the impact of this battle as much as possible, accelerate the Calamity Beast' strategic shift, and reduce the casualties of our soldiers, otherwise..."
Shen Heng sat quietly to the side and listened.
In fact, under these circumstances, the Erosion Zone stabilizes at the slowest rate!
Although the Calamity Beast destroyed city after city, each city also continued to damage the Anchor Point, preventing Anchor Point from functioning properly.
On the contrary, once the strategy is achieved and the Calamity Beast are gathered in a few locations, it will be difficult for them to destroy the Anchor Point.
So, should we maintain the current situation?
Shen Heng turned to look at Elder Zhou was speaking at the head of the table.
Although we have the determination and courage to continue, if the process is prolonged, we're afraid that they will be the ones that can't hold on in the end!
The words faded away.
The officer who had just asked the question took a deep breath and nodded, saying:
"Sir, I understand, but the question is, how do we expand upon our gains this time?"
Another officer looked over as well.
Previously, defending the city and ambushing were relatively easy; one only required being prepared and waiting, while the other required being prepared and guessing the marching route of the Calamity Beast.
But now, how can we expand our gains?
Should we actively seek out the Calamity Beast?
Don't be ridiculous, without the terrain to rely on, they can't handle too many Calamity Beast!
"I called you all here to discuss this. What are your thoughts?" Zhou Zhenguo said, taking a sip of water.
Everyone frowned slightly, deep in thought.
Shen Heng also lowered his eyes in thought.
"The previous ambush only targeted a few Anchor Point and Earth Eye closest to our Bedrock City, but the Calamity Beast might come from more than just these locations," the officer who had just spoken said again. "The remaining Calamity Beast probably haven't received the message yet and will still come as usual. We can search again during this time and wipe them out completely!"
Shen Heng sat silently to the side, without saying a word.
This plan is indeed very likely and highly feasible.
Zhou Zhenguo nodded, but there wasn't much joy on his face.
He also believed that there might be some missed beast tides, but probably not many.
"Is there anything else?" Zhou Zhenguo asked.
"Me!" another officer raised his hand. "Things are different now. We don't need to worry so much about the Calamity Beast anymore. Since we're going to fight anyway, we can try to bring in as many people as possible to reduce the number of Calamity Beast that might come in later!"
Zhou Zhenguo nodded again, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Is there anything else?
"We can also destroy the Anchor Point around those cities that have already been destroyed!"
"Hmm, is there anything else?"
The command room fell silent.
One officer frowned, while the other took a sharp breath.
The lack of rebuttal likely indicates that the leader considered those plans somewhat feasible, but the silence suggests a lack of seriousness... no, it might mean that implementing those plans wouldn't be particularly meaningful?
But the Anchor Point near other cities are probably the places with the most Calamity Beast, right?
We can't just go to places with even more Calamity Beast, can we?
The entire Erosion Zone has been explored; they know where to find more Calamity Beast, but the problem is they can't defeat them!
Somewhat troubled, the two began to ponder deeply.
After a moment of silence, the staff officer sitting next to Zhou Zhenguo raised his hand.
"Speak!" Zhou Zhenguo turned his gaze over.
"Perhaps we can go back to those two nearby Anchor Point and completely destroy them!" Lu Xunzhou said.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhenguo subconsciously raised an eyebrow.
"Destroy those two Anchor Point?" The officer who had just suggested going to other Anchor Point frowned. "Those two Anchor Point were cleared before, and since ours hasn't been destroyed yet, no Calamity Beast have gathered there. There won't be Calamity Beast there even if we go."
Zhou Zhenguo nodded slightly, awaiting Lu Xunzhou's reply.
Lu Xunzhou looked over and replied, "I didn't mean to exterminate the Calamity Beast over there, but to completely destroy those two places!"
"Completely destroyed?" the officer frowned.
"That's right," Lu Xunzhou nodded. "We don't know why the Calamity Beast set up their Anchor Point in those places, but since they did, they must have their reasons. Perhaps we can try to disable these anchor points by completely destroying the Anchor Point there!"
"This..." The officer was speechless.
Shen Heng glanced at Lu Xunzhou, then lowered his gaze again.
The others in the room pondered for a moment.
After a moment, Zhou Zhenguo pursed his lips, looking somewhat dissatisfied but speechless.
He turned his head and looked around, his gaze finally settling on Shen Heng.
" Shen Heng, what are your thoughts?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked over.
Shen Heng didn't pay any attention.
He hadn't thought of everything the others had mentioned, but he had thought of most of it. However, since they had already said it, he didn't intend to repeat it.
Expand the spoils, Anchor Point, Eye of Earth Marrow, Calamity Beast...
Shen Heng slowly raised his gaze.
"It might be a bit dangerous, and we might not even encounter it, but perhaps we can try to provide support to other cities!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhenguo was slightly taken aback, then a smile quickly spread across his face.
"Go to other cities to provide support?" Lu Xunzhou asked, frowning.
The other two officers also frowned.
"No cities have requested reinforcements, have they?" an officer asked.