Command Post No. 002.
The Yellow Springs Wraith who had been lying beside the fish tank relayed the message the instant he received it, repeating the original words exactly.
Almost exactly, anyway.
He hadn't changed a single word.
He had merely added a little expression.
He didn't know whether something had gone wrong with the delivery when Ming San passed it along, but he felt these words shouldn't sound so flat. They ought to be more rousing.
As a competent Yellow Springs Wraith, he had grown accustomed to his current duties. He also felt he was different from his fellows, who cared only about where they could find better food. He considered himself more professional.
Even if there was nothing good to eat here, he still had to show his professionalism.
And so...
An impassioned roar suddenly rang through the command post, the Yellow Springs Wraith's voice rising and falling dramatically.
"Inform the entire army! The Mortal Domain has entered the gate!"
"Prepare to counterattack!!!"
Zhong Yi, who had been pacing in the meeting room, froze briefly at the sound. Then he snapped to attention, drew a deep breath, and turned to his subordinates with a broad laugh.
"The Mortal Domain has entered the gate!"
"Counterattack!"
Almost simultaneously, as every continent received those few simple words, countless deployment orders went out from the Operations Department outside Command Post No. 002's meeting room. Tens of thousands of people immediately issued one meticulously detailed order after another!
These deployments had been planned long ago.
They had prepared three plans. This was one of them.
In an instant.
Along the Human Race Defense Line.
The hundreds of thousands of continents forming the Human Race Defense Line, which had been holding their positions, began advancing together upon receiving their orders.
Countless artillery blasts tore