Small and large firefights broke out along the key passageways throughout the asteroid fortress. Explosions rocked the "stone fortress" floating in space, while waves of heat swept through its intricate passageways and corridors. More and more clone soldiers rushed over from the garrison facilities near the base, continually being thrown into the fortress to struggle against the "invaders" who had already occupied the Core Area, fighting desperately over the battered airlocks and halls.
What should have been an operation to "reclaim their home" had now turned into an exceptionally difficult assault on enemy territory. For a moment, Old Qiao was even dazed, feeling as though the fortress itself had sided with the invaders and stood against him, while he and the clone army he led were the true "invaders" here.
In that brief moment of distraction, another steel shell lost contact with the main consciousness. A clone unit was completely wiped out in the passage leading to the reactor core. They had encountered a gigantic silver-white Nine-tailed Demon Fox—the terrifying creature had smashed through who knew how many layers of thick partitions, charging headfirst from the upper connecting hall all the way into the passage leading to the Core Cabin. The light weapons carried by the soldiers could not pierce the "protective field" around her, and they were soon annihilated in the blazing sea of fire sweeping through the passage.
On the battlefield-status analysis system's transmitted footage, the red areas representing fallen territory had already covered nearly two-thirds of the fortress and were still expanding.
After another squad was wiped out, some of the clone soldiers and squad commanders suddenly realized that the fortress itself seemed to have truly become their "enemy."
"The Sentry Cannons are firing on us! Repeat, we're under attack from the base's defensive fire!"
"The airlock