Dispatching personnel to investigate the Origin Territory was originally a plan meant for after winter ended. However, after hearing Marshal Wang's full account, an inexplicable sense of crisis surged in Su Mo's heart.
Just like Lu Kuan, Ai Jianfeng, and Su Deben, he realized a grim possibility. If the people of Blazeland hadn't been completely wiped out, but rather some had survived using certain methods—just like them—and were now taking advantage of the opened ruins to escape and cause trouble, waiting until winter ended would undoubtedly give those survivors time to react and grow.
It would be fine if they were ordinary, good people. But if they were ambitious schemers plotting to overthrow the new order, discovering this a moment sooner meant they could prepare in advance, preventing a chaotic scramble when the time came.
