All Those Who Came Close to the Truth Over the Past Five Hundred Years Were "Accidentally" Eliminated by Otto

"Wait, Bishop! High concentrations of Honkai Energy detected ahead! Request—" The captain's voice was cut off.

The view pulled back. That unit was like a few sparks swallowed by the tide, vanishing in an instant. In the command center, Otto casually glanced at the screen and said to the adjutant beside him, "Record this: Squad Seven broke through with all its strength, securing valuable intelligence for the forces to follow."

"Their sacrifice..." the adjutant murmured.

"Was highly valuable," Otto said, the faintest smile even appearing at the corner of his lips.

"He sent them to their deaths!" Ji Dong roared, fury like exploding flames in his voice. "What reinforcements? There were no reinforcements at all! He threw that unit out there just to test something, or to block something people were never meant to see!"

"Not only did he kill people, he turned murder into 'sacrifice.'" Lie Yan's voice was soft, yet it pierced the air like a red-hot needle. "Those people died believing they were carrying out an important mission. They never knew they were merely disposable pawns, casually cast aside."

"The captain's last word was 'request,'" Tang Wulin said quietly, his voice seeming to press down on a branding iron. "She was waiting for Otto's orders. She trusted him. Until the very last second, she was waiting for him to bring her home."

"But all Otto gave her was 'highly valuable.'" Gu Yuena's voice was as cold as if it had risen from the depths of the frozen sea in the far north. "Those four words were the monument he erected for that squad."

"Worse than a monument," Hai Long said gravely. "Monuments are for people to see. He would not let anyone see it. That squad would be reduced to a number in the statistics, written into