Everyone in Tianxiong City's Command Center watched the main screen.
They watched Terra's fifteen Seventh-Order Experts arrive together, watched Lin Mo step out of the portal, and watched the defensive line, which had been on the verge of collapse, hold firm and launch a major counterattack.
The entire Command Center fell silent.
Some people's eyes reddened. A staff officer took off his glasses and wiped his face hard.
"They're here..."
"They're finally here..."
Zhou Shan stood where he was, his fists clenched and his voice hoarse.
"We held out."
Lin Shigong stared wide-eyed at the screen.
The city lord, who had never lost his composure even in the direst moments, now had red-rimmed eyes too.
When Tianxiong City had been about to use an antimatter bomb to take the Demon God down with it, he hadn't cried.
When the Demon Clan had broken through, he hadn't cried.
But now, seeing the reinforcements in the portal and watching Lin Mo walk out, he almost couldn't hold back.
It had been so hard.
So terribly hard.
Ever since the Demon God Cho'Gath appeared on Blue Star, it had felt as though a hand had closed around the underground city's throat.
They had bought time with nuclear bombs, antimatter bombs, the Unmanned Legion, and every inch of their defensive lines.
They had stalled until their explosive stockpiles were nearly empty, until the outer walls collapsed, until soldiers had to grit their teeth and fire under the pressure of a Seventh-Order being.
At last.
At last, the wait was over.
Just then, a communications request sounded at the command console.
The information officer jerked his head up.
"Report! An incoming transmission from Chief Lin!"
Lin Shigong immediately said, "Put him through!"
The next second, Lin Mo's voice rang throughout the Command Center.
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