Inside the UHC conference room, the committee members were all somewhat uneasy.
Ever since the parasite attack at the Landing Site, the situation on the ground had remained unclear.
Before the feed had been cut off, they had confirmed that the questioner had finished asking the question, but they had not yet heard the answer.
The news Xisiya had relayed not long ago was not encouraging either.
The parasite Ascendants had killed large numbers of ordinary parasites, trying to make the food insufficient to meet the Alien Intelligence's needs and thereby harm humanity.
The UHC had never expected such a mutually destructive tactic to emerge.
All they knew now was that Xisiya's soldiers had suffered severe casualties and withdrawn from the Core Area. Uninjured soldiers from the outer defensive line would rotate in to replace them, but no further news had arrived yet.
"This was our mistake."
As everyone fretted anxiously, Gao Liangwei was the first to acknowledge their shortcomings.
"Restricted by ingrained thinking, we made two errors in judgment. First, we believed that there were very few Ascendants among the parasites, making them difficult to organize. Second, we believed that even if these parasite Ascendants were organized, they would be treated as precious combat assets and used sparingly. But we were wrong on both counts."
Toravt clenched his fists. "That Prophet gathered every parasite Ascendant on Uze's side. Yet instead of having them fight the coalition forces head-on, it sent them on suicide missions. That was ruthless!"
"The Prophet was very clever. It knew that a few hundred Ascendants alone could not determine the situation on the main battlefield, so it used them as a surprise attack force."
"The Prophet's plan almost succeeded," another committee member said with lingering relief. "If World's Number One Ascendant 'Shadow' hadn't been at