After approximately two months of special training, the joint exploration team finally graduated and set off on their journey.
Before they arrived, the explorers had long reached the destination. Unlike the joint exploration, the pioneer team had the role of building their base camp and fixing the roads. The campground was extremely big and could accommodate a few hundred people. It was meant to serve the dual purpose of a camp as well as a simple smelting field. Once ores and minerals were discovered, preliminary smelting could be carried out to determine their worth. Moreover, if a vein was determined to be mined, the camp would connect the mine and the outside world. Thus, it served the function of a temporary processing plant as well as a mini fortress.
