Although the Battle of Guixu City had ended in victory, and although most of the refugees and survivors had already returned to the city and joined the work of rebuilding their homes, countless soldiers and logistics personnel were still hard at work inside and around the mine base.
In the setting sun, their busy, hurrying figures stretched long and thin. Like worker ants, they gritted their teeth and worked together, preparing for the new war that was about to come.
Yes, a new war!
After nearly six days of decisive battles, most of Guixu City had been reclaimed, including the downtown area that had been struck by fusion weapons. But the mine base and the vast majority of its soldiers couldn't afford to relax. Before they had even finished clearing the demons and Chaos monsters from the city, another major battle was already fast approaching.
So, after nearly a million new recruits had been conscripted from among the refugees and assigned to the new Canopy Star Marine Corps, the task of clearing out and guarding against the remaining demons in Guixu City had to be left to ordinary security forces and the psionic hunters. Clearing the rubble and rebuilding homes was entrusted directly to the millions of rescued refugees themselves. All the base's manpower and production capacity were once again devoted to urgent preparations for war.
Anyone paying attention could clearly see, even from far away in Guixu City: aircraft and gunships roared away from the base, flying into the distance and leaving white contrails across the sky. On the ground, columns of armored vehicles and Siege Tanks kept rolling out from the mine base. They raced along the roads through the wilderness and ruins outside the city, kicking up clouds of dust before disappearing among the distant mountains and