Chapter 2185 - 1687: Arrival

After a few seconds of silence, Icaroya turned and left the observation deck, heading towards the office.

Meanwhile, Su Mo piloted Mad Eye Rhenhok towards the central administrative building of Star Ring City. Everyone was working so hard, he had to step up his efforts too.

"Xiao Shi, do you think we can install all the drills before the explosion?"

Su Mo asked gravely.

"I don’t know if we can install them in time, but even if we do, it’s not necessarily a good thing."

Xiao Shi replied casually.

"Why?"

Su Mo was also curious.

"You little rascal, using thunder to blast crap and still want to run?"

Xiao Shi joked with Su Mo, which was rare.

"Haha! That makes sense!"

Su Mo was amused by Xiao Shi’s humorous analogy.

A moment later, Su Mo docked Mad Eye Rhenhok at a designated position and headed towards Icaroya’s office.

The large administrative office building was bustling with officers, each working efficiently, not stopping to chat, just quickly grabbing files and leaving.

Su Mo soon arrived at the door of Icaroya’s office.

Here, a group of generals was gathered, waiting for Icaroya to personally assign tasks.

When they saw Su Mo, they stood up and saluted him with respect.

"Lord Su Mo."

"Hmm, I’ll go in first."

Su Mo nodded briefly, greeted the generals, and then pushed open the door to Icaroya’s office.

Icaroya sat at the desk, holding a stack of feedback reports, deep in thought.

"Lord Icaroya."

Su Mo stepped forward and spoke.

Icaroya put down the files and looked up at Su Mo.

"There’s a very tricky matter that needs you."

"Tell me."

"I just got news that there’s a problem on Crock’s side, and we need you to help him. The Star Drill deployment he’s responsible for is critical, it must be completed on time without any issues."

Icaroya said directly to Su Mo.

Su Mo was a little surprised by the task; Crock’s strength was well known to everyone, yet his mission was encountering problems.

This clearly meant big trouble, so Su Mo didn’t take it lightly and asked for more details.

"Can you tell me what exactly is the problem on Crock’s side? So I can prepare in advance."

"You should know, currently all operational teams start from Star Ring City, so the sites are near and far, and the size of the drills to be deployed varies, which also means the difficulty varies. The ten most difficult sites have been assigned to Crock, Xia Weiya, Kelas, Nan Qi, and others. Now Crock is facing unprecedented adverse weather, numerous thunderstorms, hurricanes, making it difficult for the Star Destroyers to move, even the Giant God Soldier finds it hard to enter alone. Not to mention there are powerful monsters lurking. According to feedback from Crock, he’s tried various methods, but all have failed. So I need you to assist him, and you can get more details when you meet Crock."

"Understood, I’ll head out now."

Su Mo agreed straightforwardly and was about to leave.

Icaroya uncharacteristically added.

"Su Mo, I’m running out of time, solve it quickly and return."

"Okay!"

Su Mo nodded and agreed.

Just then, the office door was pushed open.

Green Ghost walked in.

Su Mo and Green Ghost exchanged glances, nodded to each other, and Su Mo left.

"What’s the matter?"

Icaroya looked at Green Ghost.

Green Ghost reported gravely to Icaroya.

"All units below are responding quickly to operations, so the assignment feedback results are out. We have a severe shortage of personnel, and many operation sites have no one to execute them."

Icaroya listened to Green Ghost, her expression growing gloomier, remaining silent for a long time.

"Lord Icaroya, if we continue at this pace, we can’t complete the entire plan on time, it might need to be postponed!"

Green Ghost reminded Icaroya.

"The schedule can’t be postponed, we even need to find ways to speed it up. Negative God Star is becoming increasingly unstable, and as our progress completes more, and we deploy more drills, the anomalies on Negative God Star will worsen, so we must speed up as we go."

Icaroya said solemnly.

"But, given our current situation."

"Let me think of something."

Icaroya also felt very troubled, no matter how talented she was, she couldn’t create people out of thin air.

Just then, Icaroya’s bracelet vibrated.

She glanced down and tapped it a few times.

Vice Admiral Grellos’s holographic image appeared, saluting Icaroya and reporting solemnly.

"Lord Icaroya, the mission of deploying the drills is complete, we are now returning to the outskirts of Star Ring City."

After hearing this, Icaroya’s expression eased slightly.

"Very well done, how are your fleets, can they still take on tasks?"

Although Vice Admiral Grellos’s return couldn’t completely fill the personnel shortage, at least it could ease it a little.

"Yes, and there’s another thing I need to report to Lord Icaroya."

"What is it?"

"On our return journey, we unintentionally intercepted a message Metal Ball and, upon analysis, discovered it was thrown by the remnants of the Revalclus Star Base. Since the Revalclus Star Base was destroyed, they all took ships to Negative God Star but couldn’t get in."