Sixth Sanctuary, Border State, Southeast Gate.
As the junction between the areas controlled by the Sixth and Seventh Sanctuaries, this place could be said to be the most desolate and backward area of both sanctuaries.
Before the Era of Disaster, this was a stretch of Gobi Desert, sparsely inhabited.
After decades of neglect, it is now a barren wasteland. The ground is covered with stones of various sizes and shapes, some as sharp as blades, some smooth and rounded, gray or brown, glinting with a monotonous and resilient sheen under the scorching sun.
And on this desolate plain, a large convoy made up of military trucks and wheeled armored vehicles was slowly moving forward like a dragon of steel.
Their heavy, solid wheels mercilessly crushed the stony ground; wherever they passed, those once stubborn stones were pulverized under the immense pressure, making muffled sounds as clouds of dust rose behind the vehicles and lingered long in the air.
