A Plan to Break the Deadlock

Not long afterward, Frost gathered all the core wizards of the Logistics Department for a special tactical meeting.

Inside the command center, a holographic display showed the current battlefield situation for both sides, along with the Sickle-Skull Race's potential deployment directions as inferred from the intelligence Benjamin had provided.

Frost's expression was more grave than ever before:

"Everyone, judging from the Recording Crystals and the intelligence Consultant Benjamin brought back, during the previous cycle, just as our research had entered deep waters, the Sickle-Skull Race launched its final offensive with unprecedented speed and resolve."

Frost's voice echoed through the silent room. "They seem to be deliberately compressing our 'research window.' In this seventh cycle, they have assembled even faster. This trend will undoubtedly continue."

His gaze swept over the room. "If we cannot break this cycle, if we cannot achieve a critical breakthrough capable of overturning the situation before they forcibly drag us into a decisive battle, then... our research will forever remain at the stages of 'preliminary models' and 'hypotheses awaiting verification.'"

"If this situation continues, once the amount of accumulated research knowledge reaches a certain limit, every cycle will seem as though we are building upon it, while in truth we will merely be repeating the loop of 'learning existing knowledge—forming preliminary hypotheses—being forcibly interrupted.' The 'breakthrough progress' that requires long-term experimentation and observation will remain as distant as the horizon."

An old veteran wizard nodded heavily. "The Commander is right. Many things require continuous, stable, long-term observation and intervention experiments. At our current pace, with constant interruptions, even dozens more cycles might not be enough to prove or disprove them."

"We need time—enough uninterrupted time." Another wizard specializing in the laws of souls and memory added, "But the enemy clearly has no intention of giving it to