"Hello, hello, hello—can everyone hear me?"
Within Ember Base, a broadcast tinged with faint electrical static suddenly rang out through every corner of the base.
Upon hearing that voice, Chen Xing, who had just defeated Isaiah, pulled the Demonic Blade from his chest.
Chen Kong and Jing Liuli, who were struggling to crawl through the ventilation ducts, stopped at the same time.
The restless Starborn within the Quantum Shuttle Room collectively fell silent.
At that moment, everyone seemed as though someone had pressed pause.
Because the ever-unflappable Tiandao Siming would never use the base-wide broadcast without reason.
He had to be about to tell them something extremely important.
Sure enough, Tiandao's next words exceeded everyone's expectations.
"I know everyone must be wondering right now why the base suddenly encountered such a massive crisis."
"Could it be that the Doctor had not noticed it in the slightest?"
Chen Xing pulled the Demonic Blade from Isaiah's chest, quietly walked to an empty spot nearby, and listened intently.
Because that question had indeed been circling in her heart all along.
Given the Doctor's rational and cautious nature—
How could he possibly let enemies reach the doorstep without noticing anything?
Yet Tiandao's following words over the broadcast gave everyone a fine answer to that question.
"I can tell everyone with full responsibility that not only did the Doctor know, he even allowed this situation to arise."
"..."
At Tiandao's words, the crowd erupted in uproar.
But before they could think too deeply about it, Tiandao continued. "...However, there is no meaning in pursuing this now, because we cannot change what has already happened."
"Not only have I stopped the base's Infinite Maze City, I have also activated the emergency transfer device in the Quantum Shuttle Room."
"I don't care what you are doing right