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After dinner, it was time to sleep, because they had traveled all night, and most people were already tired. Since they needed a good rest, naturally, they were going to get some sleep.
However, traveling by night wasn't to prevent the Serpent People from discovering them; if humans, with their level of technology, could achieve such secrecy, there was no reason the Serpent People couldn't do the same.
Thus, the nighttime precautions were only against zombies. And if the Serpent People were indifferent to the army on the ground, the Expeditionary Army could easily reach their destination. If the Serpent People did not allow a large-scale presence of Earthlings, then this expeditionary force would never be able to arrive at its destination.
This was the consequence of completely losing the initiative, but there was no choice. The Serpent People represented a form of downgraded assault; what else could be done if not this?
