Celestial Pivot City Command Center.
Han Niba had just finished handling the follow-up arrangements for Blue Star's eight wormholes when urgent intelligence from Kona Satellite arrived before him.
The communications officer reported rapidly,
"Reporting! Kona Satellite Base has confirmed that Watcher has sent intelligence on the Demon Clan."
"Eight new space wormholes have appeared on the Third Planet of the Kona Star System. We suspect another wave of the Demon Clan has arrived."
The atmosphere in the Command Hall, which had only just eased a little, instantly grew tense again.
Someone's coffee had just reached their lips when they stopped short.
At this pace, they were barely getting a chance to breathe.
The fighting on Blue Star had just ended, Terra had just stabilized, and now the Kona Star System was flashing red again.
Han Niba immediately took the intelligence and scanned it from beginning to end.
A moment later, he looked up and said gravely:
"Kona Base, cross-check this through multiple sources."
"Don't just look at Watcher's conclusions."
"I want data we can confirm ourselves."
"Understood!"
Inside the Command Center, the clatter of keyboards, the crackle of communications, and the hum of cooling equipment mingled like a net drawing ever tighter.
Seventeen minutes later, Kona Base's verification report came back.
"Reporting. Observable Demon Clan units on Kona Satellite's surface have decreased by over seventy percent. Many old nests have been abandoned."
"The remaining Demon Clan forces are small in number and show no signs of coordinated movement. We can confirm that most of the Demon Clan previously entrenched around Kona Satellite have indeed withdrawn."
Han Niba's gaze darkened slightly.
This matched Watcher's assessment.
The Demon Clan forces Cho'Gath had left behind were withdrawing.
Yet new wormholes had appeared on the Third Planet.
One force withdrew while another arrived, with