Sunset Glow had originally felt quite aggrieved. Not only did it have to set up the Teleportation Array, it also had to handle the modifications. It had worked itself to the bone.
But upon hearing the news about Research Headquarters, it immediately fell silent—ultimately, it had not been cautious enough.
Right afterward, Digital Phantom launched the series of battles that followed.
When Qu Jianlei noticed that their side was repeatedly encountering enemy warships using Self-Destruct Power, he understood the Alliance's intentions as well.
He knew that after these battles, their harassment mission could be considered complete. If they did not leave soon, more variables might arise.
As for why they took away the powerless warships, that was purely because they were in a bad mood.
The colonel had originally considered taking those Alliance soldiers prisoner too.
But Qu Jianlei stated outright that soldiers capable of carrying out such missions had, nine times out of ten, already resolved to die.
Moreover, those people definitely would not know many secrets. Otherwise, would the Alliance military have sent them on such a mission?
Since they were both rotten and stubborn, there was no need to take prisoners! So he told Hua Xiezhi to handle them as she saw fit.
Hua Xiezhi's suggestion was ruthless. Since they could not take them prisoner, they would take the damaged warships away and dump them somewhere in space.
The Alliance military knew nothing about this. Since they could not find the damaged warships, they assumed that the soldiers had already died for their country.
At that moment, they were still dealing with Digital Phantom's harassment and had no energy to consider such matters.
Only three days later, when they still found no trace of Digital Phantom, did they muster the courage to send out more Reconnaissance Ships.