Li Chen looked at the commanders before him, who were deeply concerned for him, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Their worry was written all over their faces. Warmth filled his heart.
No matter what became of this world, having subordinates like these around him—people who treated him with wholehearted sincerity—was enough.
"Commander, we have almost wiped out the enemy! Of all enemies that came within three hundred kilometers of Province Y, at least eighty percent have been permanently left behind on this land!"
"However, the rest are hard to crack! They're all tough nuts!"
A commander reported to Li Chen.
Li Chen's heart stirred slightly at those words.
He narrowed his eyes.
"Tell everyone!"
"If you encounter S2K's clone avatars, or spot targets that are clearly neither soldiers nor commanders from human shelters, do not act on your own!"
Li Chen issued the order in a deep voice.
Including what had just happened, this was already the second time he had fallen for S2K's tricks.
Both times had been the same move: a willingness to perish together through outright self-destruction.
Self-destruction itself would have been one thing, but S2K's clone avatars possessed terrifying explosive power.
It far surpassed the destructive force of ordinary thermal weapons.
Still shaken, Li Chen looked at the enormous crater left in the ground below.
The crater was roughly thirty kilometers in diameter and more than eight hundred meters deep.
It was even larger than the crater left behind when Li Chen had first been attacked by an enemy's self-destruction.
That proved one thing.
The clone that had self-destructed just now was stronger than the one he had encountered before.
Even Li Chen, at the peak of Tier 11 Evolver strength, had been unable to withstand the damage from such an explosion.
His body