On the way, Cheng Yu studied the battle reports from the front with a somber expression.
Although Shatla had little to offer against multiple Assault Units, especially with the Demonic Web damaged.
The enemy soon identified the shortcomings of the Legion's reliance on a single series: it focused too heavily on mobility and excelled in little else.
At the same time, under the influence of the Demonic Web Core, all the Shatla Soldiers had become puppets utterly unafraid of death. For a time, the Legion's advance met resistance.
Although the Legion as a whole was still advancing rapidly, its pace had undeniably slowed.
Cheng Yu had no attention to spare for anything else. He immediately ordered,
"Deploy Bodyguard Two..."
Before Cheng Yu could finish, Artist quickly spoke up in protest.
"Reporting to the Deputy Core, there are too many unpredictable factors in doing so. The Legion is perfectly capable of..."
"The enemy's most unpredictable factor is right ahead of us! Deploy Bodyguard Two! Immediately!"
In a rare departure from his usual behavior, Cheng Yu refused to listen to Artist and the others. He had always been content to coast along, but that was because he truly fell short of Wisdoms like Conductor when it came to analyzing intelligence, making judgments, and planning deployments.
But he also knew that the Big Shot's authority fragment was absolutely beyond the understanding of Mechanical Beings like Conductor.
There had been far too many lessons about the dangers of delay.
The thought of the Big Shot's authority fragment developing consciousness grew more terrifying the longer he considered it. He absolutely could not afford to screw up at a time like this.
As for an enemy ambush, a yellowed sheet of parchment appeared in Cheng Yu's hand. A mysterious symbol on it was emitting an equally