"The Original Sin Legion is in good condition. No casualties, no damage."
Huai Shi asked, "What are your orders, Your Highness Ahe?"
Amid the chaotic static, Ahe's voice remained clear. "I trust you've already seen the recent anomaly. Bronze Eye has reached a preliminary conclusion: it cannot be completely eradicated through sheer destructive power alone. Leave it alone for now.
"Two minutes ago, the transport of a batch of vital supplies met with an accident. I need your mobility and carrying capacity to break through the enemy's harassment and interception and deliver it to the designated location. Time is short. The sooner, the better.
"Any questions, Legion Commander Huai Shi?"
Huai Shi nodded bluntly. "Where is it?"
"Right in front of you. Prepare to receive it."
Ahe bid him farewell calmly. "Good luck."
The communication cut off.
Then, in that instant, impact alarms blared throughout the bridge.
Amid the Observation System's high-energy warnings, a massive red dot appeared on the screen.
Altitude 12,000. Altitude 9,000. Altitude 5,000...
As the altitude readings plummeted, a point of red light rapidly swelled within the black thunderclouds. After piercing through countless bolts of lightning, the battered deep-sea warship burst through the clouds.
Falling toward the earth!
The massive warship, trailing thick smoke, had broken apart down the middle. It spun wildly, shedding countless fragments as heavy pieces of keel, armor, and machinery crashed to the ground, triggering one violent tremor after another.
In that brief instant, the burning warship swept over their heads. Its communications system, on the verge of collapse, transmitted one final authentication code downward.
As the securing steel cables snapped, two enormous containers fell from the sky. Dragged by their parachutes, they smashed into a mire formed by pooled blood.
Rolling.
In the sky, that section of wreckage screamed through the