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"I heard that several Mercenary Corps are dealing with Jiu Chi City and that those corps seem to be supported by mysterious forces."

"Could it be the City Lord..."

A few people looked at each other, seeming to have guessed the answer.

In recent years, the conflict between Stone City and Jiu Chi City has deepened, importantly because Jiu Chi City is backed by Fentian Giant City.

Relying solely on Stone City's power would be difficult to deal with Jiu Chi City, so did the City Lord join forces with Great Xia?

Thinking this, six Advanced Beast Tamers felt they might have guessed the truth.

After they entered, they felt that among the Beast Tamers from Great Xia who used to live here, many were masters.

Now it seems that they were the forces sent by Great Xia.

"This is the best outcome, but seizing some Resource Points, hunting Advanced Beast Tamers of Jiu Chi City shouldn't be a problem for you," Chen Xing looked at the six people.

"No problem," Du Yu nodded, "It's not the first time we've killed Beast Tamers from Jiu Chi City."

Shi Yao thought for a moment, "Yes."

Gong Yinhong reminded, "It's best to scout the intelligence before acting, especially the strength of the Beast Tamers stationed at the targeted Resource Points."

Gu Wu spoke, "Leave that to me, scouting intelligence is my old profession. However, doing it alone is too slow. There are many former scouts in the Mercenary Corps, I saw quite a few familiar faces. Mr. Chen, do you want some mercenaries to come with me to gather intelligence?"

"No problem, I'll have Ning Yi accompany you to pick people. After choosing, register them, and these selected people will then exclusively work as scouts."

"You can take a look at the map first; our target is this area."

Chen Xing zoomed in on the map, pointing at the area west of Lake of Fire, two thousand li northeast of Stone City.

Many of the six had actually noticed the tablet on the table when they came in.

They just hadn't looked at it closely while interacting with Chen Xing; now they were somewhat stunned by the detailed scrutiny.

"The map's details are very comprehensive," Gu Wu was quite surprised.

He compared it with his memory and found that this map was even more detailed than the ones in the City Guard Army camps.

Moreover, it could be zoomed in and out, and the images on it were extremely clear.

"I've always heard Great Xia's craftsmanship was extraordinary, and now it seems to be true indeed," Shi Yao praised.

Gong Yinhong said, "The northwestern part of the Thousand Lakes District, huh? This area has many Resource Points, I think it's feasible."

Stone City is located two hundred li southwest of Lake of Fire, while Jiu Chi City is eight hundred li northwest of the lake, with a broad expanse of Lake of Fire in between.

The eastern region of the lake is a massive Lake of Fire with a diameter close to eight hundred li.

The central-western region consists of many scattered small lakes connected together, hence this area is also known as the Thousand Lakes District.

The more unique the geographical environment, the easier it is for Resource Points to form.

The creatures living in the large eastern lake are of higher quality, and the water is quite deep, making many Resource Points inconvenient to exploit.

In contrast, the Lake of Fire in the central-western region is much shallower and smaller in area. With shallow waters hosting smaller creatures, the Resource Points in the central-western part are more easily exploited, thus they also become places more contested by various forces.

These Resource Points were previously occupied by Jiu Chi City, and any Beast Tamers from Stone City that got close were either killed or captured to toil as laborers in exploiting the resources.

But over the years, as Stone City grew stronger and needed more resources, the conflicts between the two cities over the Resource Points within the Lake of Fire had led to wars over the past few centuries.

This is the overt history, and after knowing Gu Yuzhi's identity, Chen Xing knew that the conflicts between the two cities were inevitable.

Afterward, the six briefly discussed the details and finally decided that they would act after the intelligence was thoroughly scouted.

After the six of them left,

Chen Xing said, "Brother Zhao, six Advanced Beast Tamers in the Mercenary Corps, plus our Beast Tamers, we have a total of 19 Advanced Beast Tamers, right?" Stay connected via empire

Zhao Guangming nodded, "You and I, plus Ning Yi and Zhou San, each of our families sent four Advanced Beast Tamers to accompany us, plus Qin Bo, that makes 19 people."

"That's just the number of Advanced Beast Tamers. Some people have more than one Transcendent Tamed Beast, so it's very normal for the number of Transcendent Tamed Beasts to double."

Chen Xing murmured, "It's just uncertain how much effort the Ning Yi and Zhou San families' Advanced Beast Tamers will put in."

Zhao Guangming comforted, "The families behind Ning Yi and Zhou San, having already staked their bets on us, will surely not act half-heartedly, and they might even exert more effort than the Mercenary Corps' Beast Tamers. Otherwise, they end up pleasing neither side, having bet in vain."

Hearing Zhao Guangming say that, Chen Xing felt there was much sense in it.

...

At the same time, within a valley three hundred li from Stone City.

A group of Beast Tamers was stationed there.

In the core encampment, a secret discussion was underway.

"I heard that people from Firelight have arrived. Should we contact them to coordinate the operation together?"

"Just a bunch of baby soldiers, what's there to contact about? I heard it's an organization made up of just graduated and not yet graduated youngsters. Do you want them to share a piece of the action?"

"The country must have sent them here for this purpose."

"Hah, baby soldiers better not mess things up. They can just pick up some leftovers on the periphery to ensure their safety."

"Send them a piece of intelligence, give them the areas in Jiu Chi City where the expert masters are mainly stationed."

"Old Han, do you want them to get involved?"

"Hah, I heard that this time the leader of Firelight has some connections with their old Han Family."

The man known as Old Han said indifferently, "That kid is my niece's student, but I've never met him.

I don't want him to join the operation. Giving them intelligence maps is to avoid them accidentally falling into traps."

Someone nearby spoke with a resonant voice: "I agree with Old Han's suggestion. We're all striving for a common goal. Fair competition is fine, but let's not lose our original intent due to competition!"

...

After selecting forty scouts, Gu Wu led them to gather intelligence, and before departing, Chen Xing shared the selected key Resource Point locations with Gu Wu.

Gu Wu asked no further questions, took note of the locations, and departed.

That very evening, a mercenary claiming to be from the Resistance Heart brought Chen Xing a piece of information.

The information detailed the Resource Points around Lake of Fire, as well as the numbers and strengths of Beast Tamers stationed in other resource areas of Jiu Chi City.

Although the information about enemy deployment in many areas was not very specific, only providing rough numbers, and estimates of strong opponents' strengths were mostly based on intelligence,

this piece of information was extremely important to Chen Xing.

War is fought with intelligence, and Chen Xing understood this principle from his days of playing video games.

Fighting with the entire map under a fog of war versus an unlocked full map vision is completely a game of two different difficulties.

This piece of intelligence saved him a lot of effort.

It only arrived a bit late... Had the information arrived a day earlier, Chen Xing wouldn't have sent Gu Wu out.

Six days later, Gu Wu returned with the intelligence.

After consulting with the higher-ups of the Mercenary Corps, Chen Xing finally determined the target—the Watercore Flame Mine on the north side of Lake 174 in the northern part of the Thousand Lakes District.

According to the intelligence, this Watercore Flame Mine is a large rich mine.

The forces stationed there belong to the Chi Family, the overlords of Jiu Chi City, boasting more than six hundred Beast Tamers, with no fewer than eight Advanced Beast Tamers.

Also, the person in charge of Watercore Flame Mine is Chi Xie, the Seventh Elder of the Chi Family, a widely recognized expert reputed for hundreds of years, whose main tamed beast is at least above the Sixth Layers of Transcendence.

...

After setting their target, Chen Xing led the main force out.

But only when actually managing over five hundred people did Chen Xing realize how terrifying Han Xin's "the more, the merrier" talent truly was.

Let alone Han Xin's "the more, the merrier," Chen Xing felt a headache just managing these five hundred plus people.

Managing the diet, accommodation, travel, and instructions for over five hundred people, plus each person has several tamed beasts, which added up to thousands of tamed beasts!

Managing the eating, drinking, and excretion of thousands of tamed beasts, arranging their patrols, encampment, and battlefield deployments in the wild...

Initially, he wanted Zhao Guangming to help, but Zhao Guangming was unwilling to take on such tedious tasks.

He sternly told Chen Xing, "You are the overall commander of this operation. These are just over five hundred people, a perfect number for you to practice management. You don't need to master it, but you must have some understanding."