Zheng Jinren slowly exhaled.
The Demon Clan was getting smarter.
He had witnessed the Demon Clan's brutality on the Antarctic battlefield, and he had also seen the Great Xia Mechanical Legion crush its surviving forces.
He had read the earlier battle reports from Blue Star and Terra, too. He had even hoped that if the Demon Clan landed on Kona, it would be handing them military merit.
But this move was no longer a simple, mindless charge.
It was an evasion tailored to Great Xia's strike capabilities.
More than two thousand meters of rock and soil was enough to buy them precious time at the outset.
Once the wormholes stabilized, large numbers of demons could pour out underground and spread in all directions through the cavities.
Then Great Xia would be facing not seven fixed targets, but seven constantly expanding underground lairs.
"Designate all Seven Regions as maximum threats," Zheng Jinren ordered gravely.
"Place the base on first-level combat readiness."
"The Mechanical Corps is to halt external patrols and redraw the containment perimeters around the seven sets of coordinates."
"The Engineering Corps is to prepare underground Seismic Detection Spikes. Find out exactly where the demons move next."
"The Orbital Platforms are to lock onto the airspace above all Seven Regions. Strike immediately at any breach on the surface."
No sooner had the orders gone out than the communications officer suddenly looked up.
"Commander Zheng, the Kona Civilization's Watcher has sent an inquiry."
"They detected spatial fluctuations on the Kona Satellite and are asking for details."
Zheng Jinren was not surprised.
Great Xia had provided the Kona Civilization's Spatial Fluctuation Monitoring System, so it was perfectly normal for them to detect the anomalies.
He looked at the seven red dots deep underground on the main screen, thought for a moment, and