"Shangjing had sent a new supreme battle commander, Chen Ji, one of the Elder Council members," the messenger said.
"Elder Chen!"
"Elder Chen actually came to the front lines himself?!"
The three generals were utterly shocked. The Elder Council was Shangjing Base's innermost circle, and Chen Ji held no low standing within it. His personal arrival at the front-line war zone directly highlighted just how critical the situation had become.
"After Elder Chen learned of Yin City's situation, he immediately went to the southern war zone and saw the camp destroyed by the zombie horde with his own eyes." The man continued, his expression grave. "And the order for a full retreat must be carried out at once. The western and southern fronts have both suffered crushing defeats. Mutants are within, zombies are without, and only your four regiments remain in the northern war zone. If you don't leave now, it'll be too late!"
With that, the three generals immediately understood. The retreat order was a last resort. If the mutants and zombies attacked the north from both sides at this time, their four regiments would soon be lost here as well.
With the Allied Army suffering defeat across the entire front in the All-Out War, they were already among the few remaining human forces in Huaxia. If they were sacrificed as well, humanity's losses in this war would become incalculable!
"Retreat immediately!" The three generals promptly issued orders to cease fighting and withdraw.
The four regiments withdrew quickly, turning around and heading straight for Shangjing Base. They fully obeyed the orders of the new commander-in-chief, Chen Ji, and did not doubt the intelligence in the slightest. Could the results of the Elder Council's personal investigation possibly be false?
At the same time, in the southern war zone, five hundred