The war on the front lines continued.
In the rear, however, the first enormous transport platform finally entered the Cross-dimensional Passage leading to Clear River Time-Space.
The platform carried large numbers of battered legions, along with the experiment specimens and rule materials the mechanical engineering forces had collected in recent years.
The relatively intact Source-Devouring Beast Cores alone numbered in the hundreds of millions.
Even more special rule substances from the Source-Devouring Beast Mother Nests and the Origin Network had been sealed in separate mechanical compartments.
As the transport platform vanished into the depths of the passage, the Mechanical Civilization's withdrawal officially entered its execution phase.
The War Fortresses on the perimeter had already turned around.
The Mechanical Positions previously scattered across the front lines had also contracted into several mutually supporting defensive zones. Subsequent transport platforms arrived one after another under the Mechanical Legion's protection, without any disorder.
The Destruction Divine Kingdom and the Myriad Phenomena Community had also received the corresponding withdrawal notices.
Although their movements were not as swift and orderly as the Mechanical Civilization's, their experience working together through multiple dimension wars prevented any significant clashes between their legions.
The Destruction Angel Legion and the Destruction Zerg Beasts voluntarily took over some of the outer lines previously held by the Mechanical Legion.
The Balance Legion under the Myriad Phenomena Community filled several defensive gaps left by the large-scale transfer.
The Alarm Clock Girl had now returned to the vicinity of the last few core passages.
Every clear chime from the constantly turning Time Bell behind her slightly adjusted the time flow rates within different passages.
This considerably shortened the time required for Cross-dimensional Teleportation.
The Despair Matriarch stood at the central point of all the passages.
Transparent threads of space-time extended outward from around her rule