"District 25 had advance warning and laid an ambush here. Inform the Federation immediately!"
His mind was blank, his consciousness still dazed, but years of tactical training made the captain issue his orders at once.
He had misjudged District 25's strength. Not only had the enemy accurately determined where and when the elite troops would attack, they had also used tactical bombs to inflict devastating losses.
This was nothing like the capabilities this area should have possessed!
Damn it, some mole must have leaked the information.
The captain roared inwardly. Even now, he had yet to take this district seriously, much less believe that a mob of bandits and criminals could produce anyone capable of standing against the Federation military.
"What's the situation? Did the message get through?!"
"C-Captain, things don't look good. Our communications equipment is completely down... no, it's far worse than that. The entire Elite Vanguard Army's systems have been completely disabled!"
Terror filled the soldier's eyes. No one understood better than he did what this meant.
"District 25's Network Hacker has breached the Federation military's defense system!"
Their defense system had been breached. That was why the detectors had shown no response earlier.
Their Vanguard Elite Corps had become fish on a chopping block. All the hacker had to do was shut down the continuously operating Shield Generators, and the vanguard soldiers would lose any chance of survival, ending up as corpses.
In the Ruins, losing protection meant death.
The soldiers panicked one after another. Suppressing his mounting fear, the captain gritted his teeth and shouted, "Don't worry! It's just a Network Hacker intrusion. We have Network Hackers too. They'll regain control of the defense system soon!"
"C-Captain, th-they've already been burned to a crisp..."
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He opened his mouth, momentarily speechless. Just as he tried