A Test
New Zeon fled in utter disarray amid overwhelming shock, but they were not the only ones shaken. The Nir-Akama crew who witnessed everything, the two Gamillas warships that had been following the Burning Legion without daring to make the slightest move—everyone saw that scene, the moment when even time itself seemed to have stopped, and it was forever etched into their hearts.
Xiao Ran piloted his machine back to the Burning Legion. Just before entering the ship, he disengaged from the Tactical Armor, and the two were guided into separate hangars.
After parking the machine, Xiao Ran did not leave the cockpit immediately. Instead, he leaned back against the seat, gasping continuously in exhaustion. The successive battles, repeated bursts of power, lack of rest, and the backlash from going all out had pushed his current condition close to its limit.
After resting for about ten minutes, Xiao Ran finally left the machine with a weakened body and returned directly to his room aboard the Burning Legion to rest. He left Mwu with only one sentence: "I'll leave the rest to you."
Just a few minutes after returning to his room and lying on the bed, Xiao Ran fell into a deep sleep. Although Quantum Assimilation possessed extremely powerful restorative abilities and could greatly enhance combat power, activating his other skills also consumed Mental Power. And while Quantum Assimilation did not state it openly, it did consume another kind of power belonging to life itself—a power that could be restored through sufficient rest and recuperation.
Elsewhere, Renard, Basak, and El-Elf, who had departed from the Burning Legion, had also witnessed Xiao Ran's latest outburst. Their original route had been directly toward Earth, but at Renard's suggestion, they suddenly changed course and began pursuing New Zeon's defeated forces.
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