"Was there only enough time?"
This question weighed heavily on the minds of the two division commanders and every technician present.
At this moment, each passing second felt like walking across a scorching branding iron.
Against the backdrop of crisscrossing lasers and roaring explosions outside,
time passed with cruel slowness.
Four minutes. Three minutes. The air in both command rooms had nearly frozen solid.
Gou Lang and Bai Gu could even vaguely hear their hearts pounding wildly.
On the main screen, the bar representing the enemy AI's breach progress had reached ninety percent.
Blinding red warnings nearly covered every tactical interface.
Just as the progress bar was about to reach its end, one second before everyone's hearts sank into the abyss,
the piercing alarms and various system error notifications
were abruptly silenced, as though an invisible hand had cut them off.
Then, a calm synthesized electronic voice
rang out simultaneously in the flagship command rooms occupied by Gou Lang and Bai Gu.
It was so clear that it seemed as though the speaker were standing right beside them.
"No need to worry. I have taken control of the command system. I didn't expect to encounter another of my kind."
It was Fan Jie!
His distinctive voice, utterly devoid of emotional fluctuations, sounded like heavenly music to the two commanders at that moment.
"The enemy's cyber offensive has been successfully intercepted."
Fan Jie's voice flowed unhurriedly through the broadcast system.
"Also, please hold on for another half hour. Reinforcements are already on the way."
"'Pluton Star' Ma Dong, 'Poseidon Star' Xing Jue, and my body are rushing here at full speed alongside Commander Shi Ling and his 1st Division."
"What?!"
Gou Lang and Bai Gu sprang to their feet almost at the same time.
The two figures on the remote video