The Old Acquaintance Who Had Grown Old, Resistance That Broke Through the Limit!

The annihilation of the fishmen and the entry lockdown imposed by over ten thousand members of Heaven Po Jun essentially signified that this conflict had officially come to an end.

What remained was merely the division of benefits among the various parties.

The Western Theater Command, where the fishmen had originated, had undoubtedly lost all initiative after this defeat.

Whether it was King's Drug's transformation, which specifically countered thermal weapons, or the gathering of thousands of fishmen to launch a surprise attack on the Academy of Sciences,

all of it would be treated as an excuse for the Northern Military Region and the Supervisory Department to brutally strip them of several layers of skin. They had become the biggest losers of this war.

The Chen Family on the other hand was not faring any better. Once the fishmen remaining in Hope City began to confess and pushed the reason they had been able to infiltrate there onto the Chen Family,

they too became the second-biggest losers of this war, paying an enormous price in benefits.

Of course, apart from those two parties, the Academy of Sciences, which appeared to be the winner, had also suffered heavy losses.

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

As Heaven Po Jun began withdrawing in an orderly fashion, solemn bells began ringing throughout the institute.

Walking through the grounds and watching stretchers covered in white cloth constantly being carried in and out, Su Mo was speechless for a moment.

In a war, even if the fishmen had taken great care to avoid aiming their guns at people, it was impossible to prevent innocent deaths.

Among them, the Academy of Sciences had 217 official researchers in total, four of whom had died. One was even a senior researcher who had passed the Age of Great Expansion—a true