Chapter 1846: Chapter 568: The Great Retreat (Part 2)

Alicia calmly spoke to Farren City Lord.

"I understand."

Farren City Lord suppressed the anger in his heart.

At this moment, many councilors anxiously discussed.

"The Black Flame Star Defense Line has fallen, what now?"

"What else can we do, we can only retreat to Earth Flame Star."

"I say, why not call Admiral Su Ming back, let him reorganize the troops of Sky Dome City and lead them to reclaim the Black Flame Star Defense Line!"

"Feasible! Admiral Su Ming is not only powerful, but his subordinate troops are very elite, especially his ship, its power is simply amazing!"

"That’s right!"

...

The more the councilors discussed, the more feasible they felt it was.

Long Bai listened to everyone’s discussion, calmly weighing the feasibility and pros and cons.

At this moment, Senior Member Bai Kedi led the proposal to Long Bai.

"Dragon White President, the fall of Black Flame Star is extremely urgent, let Admiral Su Ming return and lead to reclaim the Black Flame Star Defense Line!"

Long Bai frowned upon hearing this, then coldly rejected.

"No, I announce to shrink the defense lines, retreat all troops from the Cui Lan Star Defense Line and Nether Moon Star Defense Line to defend the inner defense lines."

"What? Abandon the Nether Moon Star Defense Line and Cui Lan Star Defense Line?"

"Why?"

...

Alicia and others were also shocked and puzzled.

"Silence!"

Long Bai spoke coldly.

The noisy council hall suddenly quieted down.

Long Bai looked at everyone and spoke coldly.

"The reason I rejected calling back Su Ming is after careful consideration. Firstly, Su Ming’s power is strong, he leading has some probability of reclaiming Black Flame Star, but it’s only a probability! Secondly, once Su Ming is called back, Heavenly Revelation Divine Country and Chilami will inevitably return, and the Nether Moon Star Defense Line definitely won’t endure, it will collapse by then! Also, although Cui Lan Star Defense Line is temporarily fine, it doesn’t mean there won’t be variables, you must know the Mechanical Clan hasn’t exerted effort yet, it’s possible all three lines will collapse."

Everyone listened to Long Bai’s words, each looking at each other.

"As for abandoning the Cui Lan Star Defense Line and Nether Moon Star Defense Line to shrink the lines, it’s because the fall of Black Flame Star caused a gap in the original layout, the enemy can easily bypass behind the two major defense lines, it’ll be a dead end then. Additionally, shrinking the lines can further strengthen the defense, do you have any objections?"

Long Bai further explained to everyone.

"No."

Everyone replied reluctantly.

"Then it’s decided, immediately issue orders to Long Chen and Commander Alekde!"

Long Bai directly finalized the decision.

....

Nether Moon Star Defense Line.

Inside the room of Star Destroyer·Thunder Extreme.

Buzz buzz~

Su Ming lay on the bed, the alarm on his bracelet constantly vibrating.

Little Grey tilted its head looking at Su Ming.

At this moment, Su Ming drowsily opened his eyes, raised his bracelet to check the time, he had already slept for twelve hours.

Even so, Su Ming still felt his head particularly heavy.

Su Ming forced himself to sit up from the bed and lean against it.

Little Grey flapped its wings and landed on Su Ming, rubbing its little head against him.

Su Ming reached out to pat Little Grey’s head, then raised his bracelet to log in to the Star Cluster Forum to check the latest situation.

He immediately saw a pinned post.

"Bad news, Black Flame Star has fallen! Sixth Legion·Parekente Corps Commander sacrificed, Lord Rosaga captured, Black Flame Star self-destructed...."

Su Ming’s heart skipped a beat, his whole body instantly became alert.

He quickly opened the post, instantly seeing a video of the Black Flame Star self-destruction and of the retreat from Sky Dome City.

The post was flooded with countless scrolling comments.

"Sky Dome City lost this battle unjustly!" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Damn, I still can’t figure out how those defensive weapons failed."

"Sigh, I don’t know what to say, Black Flame Star has fallen again! Of course, I’m not blaming the Sky Dome City’s soldiers, but don’t you think it’s spooky? Only the Black Flame Star Defense Line has fallen throughout Federation history, and it’s fallen twice!"

"Yeah, seems like only Black Flame Star has fallen."

"So, don’t you think the name Black Flame Star is unlucky?"

"Makes sense!"

...

Su Ming looked at the many comments, also furrowing his brows.

Buzz!

At this moment, a message popped up.

"Respected Admiral Su Ming, please proceed to the Nether Moon Star Headquarters meeting room immediately for an emergency meeting...."

Upon seeing the message, Su Ming quickly got up from the bed.

...

Inside the Nether Moon Star Defense Headquarters meeting room.

The generals sat moodily, with somber expressions.

Many of them had bandages wrapped on their bodies.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was very oppressive, vaguely hearing some female generals crying silently in the corner.

At that moment, a hot-tempered general, suppressing the anger inside, spoke.

"What’s going on! We’re busy saving people, why call us for a meeting at this time?"

"Don’t know, maybe the enemy has moved again."

"Damn, if those bastards dare come again, this time I’ll make sure to kill them!"

...

Just then, the meeting room door was pushed open.

Everyone turned to look, only to see Su Ming walk in.

Su Ming was slightly taken aback, he clearly felt the odd and heavy atmosphere in the room.

But he continued walking in.

The commanding officers along the way forced themselves to greet Su Ming.

"General!"

"Mm."

Su Ming nodded slightly in response.

At this moment, Hayes saw Su Ming and waved his hand.

"Su Ming, over here!"

Seeing Hayes beckon, Su Ming walked over and sat next to him.

Hayes then elbowed Su Ming and said.