315: surrender

Once the footage from the drones observing the front lines was transmitted, everyone was finally convinced that the alien beasts had returned to the Alien Beast Zone, and they stopped worrying; the alien beasts must have been afraid.

Indeed, the alien beasts were truly afraid.

The commander-in-chief for the alien beasts in this war was Tiger Map, a Super-High-Grade Alien Beast who had learned human knowledge and believed he understood humans and could defeat them.

He had even thought of launching the war before the Beast Tide, hoping to strike first.

He never expected such a painful lesson; now, even if he wanted to continue fighting, the other Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts did not want to carry on.

There was nothing to be done; the explosions this time had scared them out of their wits, and they lacked the courage to continue advancing.

Some Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts began to blame Tiger Map, believing it was his decision that caused them to suffer such heavy losses, with five Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts dying in this war.

One must know that there were only twelve Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts in the entire Tianlong Republic, and with nearly half of that number dead now, it could be said that the losses were extremely heavy. At the same time, the losses of high-grade alien beasts this time were also catastrophic, perhaps even greater than the losses experienced in ten Beast Tides combined.

In the past, during Beast Tides, low-grade alien beasts suffered the most losses, followed by mid-grade alien beasts, and finally, a small number of high-grade alien beasts would die. As for the Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts, only two had died before this war.

This time, a full five had died, which shattered their previous assumptions. They used to think they wouldn't die easily, which is why they agreed to Tiger Map's decision to launch the war early. Now, seeing that five Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts had died, they realized it was very possible that they would be the next ones to die if things continued, so they began to value their own lives.

Once they learned to value their lives, they naturally wanted to retreat. They started becoming restless and began backing away one after another. If not for the fear that retreating alone would incite public anger, they would have really wanted to just retreat to their lairs by themselves.

Since the Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts had thoughts of retreating, the other alien beasts were no less eager. They had only advanced before due to rank suppression, and now that the thought of survival occupied their entire minds, they also began to flee in all directions.

Watching the miserable sight of the alien beasts' crumbling ranks, Tiger Map felt that the war could no longer continue; even if it did, it would only lead to more alien beasts dying.

Thus, he thought of admitting defeat.

But how to admit defeat?

First, he thought of the method of raising a white flag to surrender, but unfortunately, even if he proposed this method, there were no white flags on the alien beast side.

For the alien beasts, they preferred the earth-like yellow color rather than the snow-like white, so there were simply no alien beasts that possessed any white cloth.

Immediately after, he thought of sending an alien beast over to surrender, but who should be sent? The alien beasts were already scared out of their wits and dared not continue moving forward. At the same time, only the Super-High-Grade Alien Beasts could speak human language. The other beasts were very protective of their lives and cast glances at Tiger Map, wanting him to go.

Tiger Map: ?!

Tiger Map certainly dared not go over either; he was also afraid of death. Life was precious, and he did not want to gamble his own life, so this method wouldn't work either.

Finally, he thought of a method: controlling the humans who had drunk his alien beast blood and having them say the words of surrender. He previously knew that these people had been captured by the Tianlong Republic, but he had not sensed their deaths, so they could still be put to some use now.

Consequently, the monitoring room received news from the laboratory that the alien beasts were surrendering, and only then did everyone truly feel at ease.

Of course, they also had the drones land near the exit to monitor whether any alien beasts appeared, preventing a fake surrender.

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Next came the time to clean up the battlefield and treat the wounded soldiers.

Xu Bai did not leave immediately; he sat quietly in the monitoring room, watching the footage of the post-war cleanup.

During the war, everyone had hatred for the alien beasts, coupled with the burning passion in their hearts, so they felt no sorrow, nor did they have time for it.

However, now that the war had ended, the soldiers on the city wall put down their weapons and, looking at the scene beside them, many shed tears unconsciously.

This scene also made everyone in the monitoring room feel as if they were there, and they couldn't help but shed tears as well.

Mr. Number Three: "Open all communication channels."

"Received!"

"Report, all communications are open."

Upon receiving the reply, Mr. Number Three gripped the handle of the loudspeaker and spoke in a slow, firm tone.

"Heroes, this war has ended. You have all worked hard."

Mr. Number Three choked up for a moment, paused for two seconds, and steadied his emotions before continuing.

"Our Tianlong Republic will firmly remember everyone's names and will firmly remember every person's sacrifice. It is you who have guarded our shared homeland; the people will be grateful for your contributions."

"Although we now have a brief moment of peace, we cannot slacken, as the next war is also approaching."

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"May the Tianlong Republic last forever! May all the people live in peace and prosperity!"

After the speech, the hollow hearts of everyone who had just experienced the war seemed to be filled, restoring their motivation.

...

After steadying his emotions, Xu Bai returned to the Research Institute.

The next day, a lot of frozen, rock-hard alien beast meat was delivered to the Research Institute. Although the research staff had not gone to the front lines during this war, they had also contributed their efforts.

The research staff relaxed for a brief moment, enjoying the fruits of victory together.

Today's major newspapers also published the news of the alien beasts' retreat, and at the bottom right corner of the newspapers, there was also information about the military selling alien beast meat.

This could be considered a benefit for the people after every war, being able to purchase alien beast meat at a very affordable price.

The city was filled with a joyful atmosphere, much like during the New Year.

Of course, after having a big meal, the soldiers lay in bed to sleep. Their spirits had been too tense these past few days, and they needed to recover their energy.

It was now December 10th. Although this war had ended, just as Mr. Number Three said, everyone could not let their guard down; the next war would arrive very soon.

Therefore, although they relaxed, they only rested for one day before returning to their posts.

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The people at the Research Institute also had a big meal together before continuing to produce the weapon cards from before.

Xu Bai did not relax; he took some alien beast jerky made in the cafeteria over the past few days and shut himself in his research room.

He hadn't been idle lately either; while watching the surveillance, he had also been thinking about what weapon cards to produce. Just today, he finally had a complete idea for the cards he wanted to make, and he planned to start producing new cards.