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Master Dao felt the pain of the base's losses, but he was even more shocked by the severity of the damage and the staggering gap between the base and their opponent. The difference was simply enormous!
Their opponent had sent only a few people, yet they had managed to turn the base upside down. Even saying that they had thrown the place into chaos barely described the predicament the base was in now.
The entire base was in disarray. If they couldn't kill the one controlling the insects and let him do as he pleased, they would never regain the initiative. Instead, their room to survive would be squeezed further, as if their flesh were being cut away piece by piece. Sooner or later, the enemy would tear the entire base apart bit by bit until nothing was left.
Master Dao knew all too well what that would lead to.
At the same time, he couldn't help wondering what Master Xie was doing. The base was in this state—could he really still be sleeping? Didn't he intend to come out and take charge himself?
It wasn't that Master Dao didn't want to shoulder the responsibility. In fact, he enjoyed commanding the battle. He felt that Master Xie trusted him deeply, and he was quite pleased about it.
But now that the battle had reached this point, he couldn't feel pleased anymore.
The enemy was far too powerful. Their response mechanisms, overall defenses, and combat experience were all utterly crushed by their opponent.
Their supposedly precise division of defensive zones wasn't nearly as impregnable as they'd imagined. A few people had managed to throw the whole base into chaos, leaving countless dead and wounded.
For now, though, Master Dao had to put those thoughts aside. His goal was clear: with