The New Star Legion had reached a staggering eight million troops. Even with emergency temporary mobilization, it could still easily deploy at least a million men.
At Su Deben's command, the enormous war machine was about to start moving.
But just then, Zero, who controlled the legion's operations, appeared.
"Commander Su Deben, your actions have triggered Level One Alert. I need to inform you of something privately."
The sudden voice rang out in the room. Su Deben froze, then swept his gaze over the commanders standing nearby.
The commanders understood at once. They immediately gathered their documents, left the meeting room, and waited outside.
"All right. Tell me what happened."
"Understood. Seven days ago, Master Su Mo secretly came to the east and entered Area C, joining the mercenary Town Fire Squad. When he contacted me six days ago, he was 494 kilometers outside the Eastern Checkpoint."
"What? Su Mo is outside the Eastern Checkpoint?"
Su Deben nearly jumped up, his face filled with shock.
Although the commanders waiting outside could hear only indistinct fragments, Su Deben's extraordinarily astonished tone immediately alerted them that something was wrong.
They were among the legion's earliest veterans, having followed Su Deben step by step to where they were now.
No matter how intense the battles had been before, they had never seen Su Deben react like this.
The commanders exchanged glances, strange expressions appearing on their faces.
"Su Mo came east. Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
The alien race had only recently settled down, yet it had suddenly chosen to hunt down the mercenaries.
Everyone naturally assumed that the aliens were trying to boost morale through a conventional operation, which was why they had sent only twenty legions, totaling forty thousand troops, to intercept them. Two-thirds of them were recruits.
But now,