"Commander-in-Chief, an urgent telegram from the capital."
Just as the Commander-in-Chief was wondering what to do, a grave-faced man beside him walked over and spoke in a low voice.
The Commander-in-Chief glanced at him, and a sense of dread immediately rose in his heart.
Something was wrong.
Something had happened in the capital.
"This is the frontline command headquarters."
"The capital has come under attack from the cultivation civilization. The imperial palace has activated its defensive counterattack mode. His Majesty's whereabouts are currently unknown."
The voice on the other end sounded somewhat panicked, speaking at a rapid pace.
Defensive counterattack mode?
His Majesty's whereabouts were unknown?
Hearing this, the Commander-in-Chief's already suspended heart sank completely.
"Order the mech forces to cross the spatial passage."
"Make sure the subsequent Soul-Locking Devices and other equipment have enough time to be deployed."
"Immediately. At once!"
The Commander-in-Chief could no longer concern himself with anything else. If His Majesty was still alive, then there had definitely been a problem with his frontline defense. His crime deserved death.
If His Majesty was dead, then all of them deserved to die ten thousand times over.
No matter how they died, they had to do something.
Taking this chance, they had to seize the other world.
"Yes."
The various departments responded.
The many forces that had already stopped began to move.
Mechs streaked through the air one after another, pouring into the spatial passage.
The war began anew.
Gu Yuan appeared invisibly before that so-called Commander-in-Chief and gave him a look.
He appeared to be middle-aged, with resolute eyes and waves of killing intent rolling off him. One look was enough to tell he was no ordinary man.
The army's Commander-in-Chief—he could be useful.
Gu Yuan flicked a finger.
The Commander-in-Chief, who had been full of vigor