A five-minute countdown appeared directly on the large screens in front of every operator.
Everyone was trying to figure out how to escape the stellar explosion. No one noticed a figure appearing in the main control room.
Mercer was the only person who could enter and leave this place so casually.
At the sight of the frantic chaos inside, Mercer was surprised at first, then amused by their misfortune.
He had never expected the star he had casually blown up to have the Taotie's main fleet nearby.
After blowing up that star, Mercer had immediately extended his divine sense along with the expanding shock wave, mainly to check whether it would harm Earth.
After destroying several planetary fragments along the way that the shock wave might send hurtling toward Earth, Mercer discovered this Taotie fleet hiding in a corner of space, watching Earth.
This fleet was already Taotie Star's main force. If the Taotie here were destroyed, those on Earth would no longer have the strength to fight.
"Keep at it. You've got two minutes left."
Mercer could not help laughing aloud. Only then did the others notice his presence.
After the briefest pause, every combatant drew a weapon and aimed it at Mercer.
"Who are you?"
"Don't move!"
"Hands up! Move and we'll fill you with holes!"
Xihou was stunned. He had not detected Mercer's arrival either. Seeing Mercer still smiling under these circumstances, Xihou spoke in a grim voice from beneath his steel mask.
"You're the one on Earth suspected of having spacetime abilities, the one who destroyed our Taotie fleet, aren't you? Did you cause this stellar explosion too?"
"You're a leader, after all. Pretty sharp. That's right, everything you mentioned was my doing," Mercer said with a smile. "Let me make this clear: you're finished. Every