Kona Base.
Inside the Command Center, the underground battlefield model refreshed rapidly. Red trails extending from beyond the base formed a dense web, approaching the base from different directions.
These signals all came from deep-burrowing Burrowing Earth Dragons. They hid roughly three thousand meters underground, deliberately skirting the areas where they had previously been ambushed as they continued digging toward the heart of the base.
"The seventh batch of transport drones has reached the designated area!"
"Earth Dragon Type One deployment complete. They have connected to the theater command network and begun autonomous search-and-attack operations!"
The signals soldiers' reports rang out one after another. On the main screen, five hundred blue dots were scattered throughout the deep geological model, like steel nails driven into the rock strata.
They were all Earth Dragon Type One Burrowing Robots that had just been rushed from Blue Star to the Kona Satellite.
Zheng Jinren stood before the main screen, his uniform as immaculate as ever.
Five hundred units could not eliminate the underground threat, but they could at least lay another interception net outside the core zone, preventing those Burrowing Earth Dragons from tunneling unimpeded all the way beneath the base.
He said:
"Watch them closely, and press Blue Star again. Tell them we still don't have enough Burrowing Robots!"
The adjutant quickly responded,
"Understood. I'll press them every five hours to ensure a continuous supply!"
Just as Zheng Jinren was about to deploy the next batch of firing positions, the signals soldier responsible for theater-wide monitoring abruptly rose from his seat on the other side of the Command Hall.
"Report!"
Zheng Jinren turned around. "Go ahead."
"The near-space monitoring network has detected nine anomalous high-speed targets approaching the airspace above the base in a straight line from the northwest."
The signals soldier projected