The corner of Lin Mo's mouth twitched.
"5.6 TB!"
The mechanical electronic voice remained utterly flat:
"Correct answer. Greetings, Commander Lin!"
Lin Mo: "..."
Lin Mo felt as though all his secrets had been exposed.
Beside him, Long Zhan's lips curved upward as he patted his shoulder. Nothing needed to be said.
Lin Mo: "..."
"Identities confirmed! Commander Lin Mo, Deputy Commander Long Zhan! Arctic Base requests formal connection!"
"Request approved! Proceed as planned!"
A booming reply came from the other side. The countless cannon barrels that had been aimed their way from inside the portal rose in unison, standing down.
At that moment, the portal was only a little over two meters in diameter, suspended in midair like a blue mirror of water.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Ripples spread across the mirror as hive-style drones bearing Great Xia's military insignia flew out one after another.
They were small but exceptionally agile, banking sharply through the air, avoiding the crowd below and heading straight for the temporary landing pad cleared behind them.
The gunfire on the beach was deafening, but for these airborne steel ghosts, the intensity of the battle before them was not yet enough to warrant their deployment.
Balin, Grom, and the others tilted their heads back, watching those oddly shaped "iron birds" with eyes full of wonder.
"What marvelous little things. They can fly without magic power!" Balin's brow furrowed deeply, unable to understand.
"I really want to take one apart and look inside."
As Ryze cast his spell silently, the blue water mirror expanded at a rate visible to the naked eye.
At first, only a few blurry figures were visible on the other side.
A few minutes later, the fully armed soldiers in exoskeleton armor on the other side, along with the outline of the enormous