After utilizing the scout robot's Record mode to document the entire trading camp below, Su Mo shifted back into his swift road lizard Status and sped toward the exit. He soon passed the three checkpoints and arrived back at the entrance of the trading ruins.
The guards stationed at the first checkpoint remained the same. However, due to the shift change, the four men patrolling the watchtower had been swapped out for the ones who were previously playing cards below. The remaining dozen or so guards were no longer chatting on the ground. Instead, they had retreated into their makeshift wooden cabins, snoring loudly.
Days without any enemy incursions had likely caused them to let down their guard. Or perhaps they assumed that even if someone accidentally wandered in, their colleagues on the watchtower would spot them immediately. In their minds, this place was ten times safer than the outside world. If enemies could reach them here, nowhere was safe.
