From the time they received word of the Heavenly Scum invasion to when they arrived with reinforcements, only a little over ten minutes had passed. Yet in those ten-odd minutes, more than a hundred people had been killed or wounded at the Solar System Defense Line.
Fortunately, Zhao Xin had kept Luo Ji tied up during that time. Otherwise, if he had joined the slaughter, the casualties might have become impossible to estimate.
Of course, it was also possible that Hua Ye had been treating this as a game and had not sent all of his lackeys into action.
To endure for so long against a Third Generation God capable of controlling Silver Blades and suffer only severe injuries showed just how capable Zhao Xin was.
Even more unbelievable was that, among the hundred-plus casualties, only a little over ten angels sent by New Tiangong to assist with the large-scale construction project had died.
The Heavenly Scum naturally hated New Tiangong to the core. There was no way they would not give special attention to these defenseless angels.
The reason this had happened was because the Earth soldiers stationed here had risked their lives to protect them.
"Without the help of New Tiangong's technical and engineering personnel, the Solar System Defense Line could never have been built this quickly. Everyone understood that, so the moment the enemy invaded, Captain Zhao gave us a strict order: protect them at all costs. None of us had any objections.
"Only, we failed to complete the mission Captain Zhao entrusted to us. We let the enemy breach the line and slaughter several researchers..."
A stationed Earth soldier spoke to Ge Xiaolun with a remorseful expression.
The large-scale construction project existed to operate the Wormhole Concealment Terminal. Soldiers had not been stationed at such a