The lull in the war would not last long. Therefore, everyone cherished this brief stretch of peace all the more.
A new round of large-scale redeployment and reorganization had begun after the victory, while even more complicated work was underway under the Unified Bureau's direction.
But none of that had anything to do with Huai Shi anymore.
Once his mission had been confirmed as complete, he did not even go to the Command Center. After turning down most of his work, he headed straight back to the Solar Ship.
To sleep.
He was too exhausted.
Maintaining the Great Arcanum, deploying Divine Inscription: Heavenly Inquiry, fighting the Ruler, and playing mech combat games with the King of Hell—every one of those had been troublesome enough to wear his mind and strength down until he wanted to cough blood.
Even with the Great Arcanum's buffering and support, his vitality was struggling to endure it.
What was more, because the battle had been so urgent this time, he had not managed to skim off even the slightest benefit. He could only watch the essences dissipate and the calamities perish.
He even had to wait for the Unified Bureau to recover them before getting his share of the meat!
After working hard all day, the Decision Room had taken all the kickbacks.
His heart was bleeding!
He slept straight through until noon the next day before waking up.
In this godforsaken place, he could not tell day from night at all and could only look at the clock. He was still somewhat listless, yawning and barely awake.
After changing clothes, washing up, and eating, he drifted into the bridge like a ghost. Only then did he activate the projection screen before him and begin checking the system messages.
First came the victory reports and