He had concluded that this grey sphere was the heart of this entire underground lair, but its specific function was unknown. Without a certain grasp of the situation, Qianye had no intention of agitating it further. It would be regrettable if some changes were to happen and he had no choice but to destroy it.

Qianye retracted his aura and slowly backed out of the lair. He roamed the forest for a while but found nothing abnormal. It would seem that the only enemies left were the unhatched eggs in the lair. Qianye had given them a rough count—there were several thousand eggs there, a number that could be easily cleared away even if they were to hatch.

Qianye returned to his forces and ordered them to reinforce the fortifications outside of the forest. They would turn this place into a permanent forward supply base and build a sentry post outside of the beast lair for early warnings. At the same time, Qianye extracted a good amount of water from the Holy Tree lake to bring more soldiers in.

In this matter, the forward base was completed in two days. The conversion of the follow-up...