Xiao Ran asked, "How many?"
"Whew..." Mwu let out a soft breath and gave a completely unbelievable number. "The first wave numbered over three hundred million and will make contact within three hours. Half an hour after that, there will be over five hundred million BETA. By the end of seventy-two hours, the total number of BETA besieging Earth will exceed ten billion."
Everyone on the bridge sucked in a sharp breath upon hearing Mwu's words. Miyoshi Meiya, who was also on the bridge, felt her vision go dark and nearly collapsed. Fortunately, Saki caught her.
Even Xiao Ran could not help pounding his thigh and cursing, "Fuck."
Xiao Ran rarely swore in front of others—rather, he had basically never sworn at all. It was not that he did not curse; he usually only did so in his heart rather than saying it aloud. But after hearing what Mwu had said, he could not hold it back. Ten billion... that number was just too terrifying. They could kill themselves from exhaustion and still probably fail to wipe out that many BETA.
Mwu was also surprised to hear Xiao Ran swear and glanced at him before shaking her head. "So far, the scale of these BETA is probably around one-eighth to one-tenth of all the BETA in the Solar System. On Earth, daily BETA-clearing operations, coupled with the reduced danger of entering the Eurasian Continent after the nests were destroyed, mean that our estimates of their numbers are being updated constantly. The estimate has increased tenfold, from over two hundred million at the beginning to the current figure."
"What worries me is whether there are higher-level nests among the BETA attacking Earth. If BETA with commander-level units are allowed to land on Earth, then more than two billion BETA will be