"The idea is to place all the blame for failure on Icarus, saying she's just too strong! We definitely tried our best, and most importantly, none of us will undermine each other."

Brunan proposed slyly.

"Good."

Amickley took the lead in responding.

"No problem."

Patrick Galley and the others chimed in. It was indeed a solution, even if not a great one.

"Alright, it's settled then. And let's make it clear upfront: anyone who doesn't stick to the same story and tries to sabotage us will be jointly condemned!"

Brunan added, feeling a little uneasy.

"Okay."

.......

Negative God Star, Ringed City.

The entire area had become a massive battlefield.

Voices echoed constantly through the communication channels from various squads.

"M28 defense zone, V-type Lord-class aberrant species, Black Source Demon, detected!"

"Hang in there! We're on our way to help."

"Y18 defense zone is facing a new wave of monsters, estimated at 1.83 million plus. Requesting fire support!"

"This is the Ringed City Command Center, Command Console 712, marking the fire support coverage area for you now. Please be careful."

"This is the Black Light, announcing that the VI-type Fortress-class Combined Beast that appeared in the W71 defense zone has been eliminated."

"Awesome! That's amazing!"

"That's the second one, right?"

"That's right. Three appeared in total. One was taken out by the Ringed City, and the other two were destroyed by the Black Light."

"As expected of Lord Su Mo's ship, it's too powerful!"

......

Su Mo, piloting the Mad-Eye Ragnahawk, pierced through a V-type General-class Zerg, a Red Dragonfly, with a swift shot.

Viscous blood splattered.

"Wooo~"

The V-type General-class Zerg, Red Dragonfly, let out a shrill scream.

Su Mo manipulated the mecha, kicking the Red Dragonfly and pulling out the Thunder God Spear.

The Red Dragonfly crashed towards the cracked earth.

Su Mo turned his head and looked around, scanning the battlefield. The situation was gradually under control.

It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before it was over.

However, Su Mo didn't look too happy. This sudden riot was a wake-up call for the Ringed City and everyone.

Su Mo didn't even dare to imagine how great the losses would be when the battle statistics came in.

They were already short on manpower, wouldn't this make it even worse?

......

Ringed City, Command Center.

Icarus stood on the observation deck, gazing into the distance at the Black Light, which was sweeping the battlefield, and at Su Mo, who was wreaking havoc.

Her expression was still tense.

Although Su Mo's participation minimized the losses, this sudden riot had indeed caught her off guard.

She was now very worried whether everyone would be able to continue to execute the third phase of the plan after the battle.

But there was no point in worrying now, they could only wait and see what happened.

After a long time, Qing Gui came over and reported to Icarus.

"The Negative God Star's riot has been quelled, and the invading monster wave has also been killed, but the casualties are not light. The specific numbers are still being tallied."

"Well, issue my order to start the third phase of operations."

"Lord Icarus, we've just been hit hard. Won't morale be very low if we issue the third phase of operations at this time?"

Qing Gui said hesitantly.

"Have teams with the ability to execute the mission accept it, and teams without the ability explain the reason for the postponement. We are very short on time now, there is no time to waste."

Icarus had no choice. The Negative God Star was becoming more and more unstable. The longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it would be. No one knew what kind of problems would arise.

"Understood, I will issue the third phase of operations order now."

Qing Gui bowed to Icarus and left.

At this time, a sprightly little old man with a small mustache on his face saw that Qing Gui had finished talking with Icarus and hurried forward.

This little old man was none other than Ollie, the logistics manager of the Ringed City, who had exchanged items for Su Mo before.

"Lord Icarus."

Ollie squeezed out an extremely ugly smile.

"Speak, what is it?"

Icarus asked indifferently.

"It's like this, aren't you going to carry out the third phase of operations? Now there's a problem. The Star Drills carried by the teams that failed in the first and second phases were either not successfully recovered or were damaged. Now there is not enough allocation of Star Drills."

Ollie quickly explained the situation.

Icarus's eyes became colder as she heard Ollie's words.

Seeing that Icarus didn't speak for a long time, Ollie couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and his expression became more and more nervous.

"Use the spare Star Drills."

"Yes, yes, I'll do it now."

Ollie couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Lord Icarus built a lot of spares when she built it, otherwise it would be really impossible to do.

Icarus stood on the observation deck, continuing to watch.

.......

On the other side, Su Mo saw that the battle was over and was about to return to the Black Light to rest.

A notification sounded on the public communication channel.

"Attention all personnel, the Ringed City is about to issue the third phase of operations order. All members of the formation will receive assigned operation tasks. Please pay attention to the following points."

"First, if your formation is damaged and unable to continue performing operation tasks or needs to be postponed, please apply within 24 hours after receiving the operation task."

"Second, if your formation is capable of performing operation tasks, please set sail within 48 hours."

......

Su Mo was also very surprised when he heard this notice.

"Are we going to start working so soon?"

"It's estimated that there's no time left, otherwise, no matter how brain-dead that crazy woman is, she wouldn't do this."

The Creator Devourer said in a low voice.

"Speak nicely, she's very smart. But if we do this, won't the people below be very demoralized and negative?"

The corner of Su Mo's mouth twitched slightly, and he said with great concern.

"Most likely."

The Creator Devourer replied in a low voice.

At this moment, the electronic bracelet in Su Mo's hand vibrated, and a task prompt popped up.

"Dear Lord Su Mo, you have not been assigned a designated operation. Please verify your operation task with Lord Icarus in person."

Su Mo glanced at the bracelet information, then manipulated the mecha to turn around and fly towards the Ringed City.

At this time, Su Mo saw that the ships and mechas of various countries were flying towards the Ringed City.

At the same time, voices rang out in the public communication channel.

"I am from the Gomotos Empire, the Seventh Brigade of the Third Army. Our formation has been damaged and more than half of it has been lost. Are there any other brother formations that have lost more than half? Let's get together and carry out a mission."

"I am from the Kingdom of Yanass, the Eleventh Brigade of the Second Army. Half of my formation has also been lost. We can get together and apply to carry out a mission."

"Okay, let's go to Port 17 to meet!"

"Okay!"

"Brothers, report the incomplete formations and piece them together! If the damage is too heavy, piece together a few more! Let's get to work!"

"Great, let's do it!"

......

Su Mo listened to the dialogue on the public channel and looked at the large number of incomplete troops flying in an orderly manner towards different ports to piece themselves together.

He was also deeply shocked by this scene.

There was no usual wailing and sadness after the war in the entire communication channel.

Instead, everyone was full of fighting spirit and began to quickly repair and piece themselves together.

......

Su Mo looked at this scene and couldn't help but smile.

Ringed City Command Center, on the observation deck.

Icarus also noticed that all the returning troops were quickly repairing and self-assembling.

Everyone's morale was miraculously unaffected. Instead, everyone was high-spirited.

This was something she had never seen before.

Icarus couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Obviously, all of this was due to the previous speech. That speech really succeeded, just as Su Mo said!