Compared with the time when the entire Burning Legion faced 300 million BETA, Jeffrey's warship now had barely more than a tenth of its previous combat strength. Yet the enemy they were about to face numbered dozens of times more. Even with authorization over the Dimension Devourer, this would not be an easy battle.
How to determine the location of the nest's main brain, how to approach the nest, how to complete the mission within four hours, and how to activate the Dimension Devourer without being caught in it themselves—these were the greatest problems before them. But no matter how difficult this mission was, Jeffrey, Naza, Yuzes, and the others had only one choice: complete it.
As the only confirmed Level 9 Nest in the Solar System, this nest served a role similar to a core server in the BETA network. In terms of the BETA organizational structure, it was their brain and information exchange center. Once this nest was destroyed, the BETA spread throughout the Solar System would lose their unified intelligence and begin fighting independently until a new Level 9 Nest appeared. That would greatly assist the missions to come.
After all the mecha aboard the Jeffrey Squad's Watcher had been inspected, Yuzes piloted a mecha out by himself. He soon returned with two BETA, then activated a FOLD Jump and leaped from the space between the Moon and Earth to the vicinity of Mars. But after emerging from the FOLD Jump, just as countless BETA streaked toward the suddenly appearing Watcher, the ship vanished without a trace. The surrounding BETA lost their target and began wandering aimlessly once more.
On the bridge, Jeffrey let out a slight sigh of relief when he saw that the activated Mirage System worked on the BETA as well. The reason they