The meeting between the two sides ended. Gustav watched the projections of the officers before him disappear one after another, until only the Army commander remained.
"How is the mission progressing?" Gustav asked, dropping the grim expression he had worn during the meeting.
"Sir, our deliberate withdrawal has indeed lulled the enemy into complacency. The large numbers of miniature mechanical Recon Insects we secretly deployed have identified the spread patterns of the Kara Civilization's biological weapons and located what appears to be their source!
"After a thorough search, we've roughly pinpointed the location of an important enemy base," the Army commander said, sounding a little excited.
Breeding Hunters required considerable resources. Previously, with Twin Stars keeping them suppressed and the initial breeding operation still small, Rose and the others had kept their activities well concealed.
But as the war went smoothly and Twin Stars retreated step by step before choosing to hold their bases, Rose regained access to vast stretches of jungle and room to operate. Naturally, she chose to expand production. Large quantities of resources were secretly delivered to the base and fed into the breeding pools to increase the number of Hunters.
And this move finally gave the Sea Race, whose reconnaissance network covered the planet, a few clues to work with.
"Good! Have you confirmed that it's the enemy headquarters? We only have one chance. We must carry out a precise decapitation strike and leave the remaining Kara People leaderless and scattered. If this mission fails, they'll become even more cautious, and finding them again will be much harder!" Gustav said sternly.
"We discovered an extremely extensive communications root network around the target. We're over seventy percent confident that this is the headquarters of the Kara Civilization's remaining forces."
"Good! Excellent. Only you and I know about