The Zong Consortium's troops were double timing it deep in the Gobi. They had already charted out this route and knew there was an oasis that could even allow their mechanized infantry to travel through.
If not for this route, they would only be able to launch a surprise attack with their infantry. However, that strategy would be significantly less effective.
Before the Cataclysm, it seemed that this path used to be a forest. No one knew who it was who planted so many trees here that it created oases, but it eventually helped to create some form of life out here.
However, it started turning back into a wasteland after many years of neglect.
Actually, not many people cared whether this place would revert back into a desert. More importantly, this disappearing oasis had presented the Zong Consortium with a final opportunity to achieve their ambitions.
