As they watched that final figure burst out of the flames, the personnel at the Tianhuang Kingdom military base, who had been cheering and celebrating, abruptly fell silent.
Not only them—even the several bigwigs from the True Immortal Research Institute suddenly sprang back to their feet, swiftly completing their lifeless performance of being restored to full health.
"It wasn't destroyed!? The Starfaller wasn't destroyed!?"
"The target has entered the clouds. Repeat, the target has entered the clouds and is hiding. We have lost track of it."
"Our plan has failed."
Soon, the Tianhuang Kingdom military base resumed operations.
One message after another was quickly transmitted to the Blue Sky Federation conference room thousands of miles away.
As the people in the conference room listened to the military base's report, a deathly silence descended over the room.
At that moment, Defense Minister Jialis suddenly said, "Things aren't as bad as we imagined."
The old woman waved her hand. Soon, she obtained control of the conference room's main screen, froze the final captured image, and continuously enlarged it. "We urgently employed the most advanced image-enhancement technology. According to the image obtained at the final moment, although we ultimately failed to keep this Starfaller here, we have severely damaged it. Everyone, look..."
Her words quickly drew everyone's attention.
After carefully examining the images displayed one after another, everyone let out another long breath.
"The Starfaller has been heavily damaged! Moreover, judging from how it fled into the clouds without hesitation to hide, it must have lost at least most of its combat power!"
"Indeed. It looks like our plan succeeded."
"As long as we can heavily damage the Starfaller, it proves that our plan is feasible. From here, all we need to do is continuously supplement and improve it. This time, for example,