"This is already the best plan we have," Chu Xiu said calmly, "Moreover, all of you here, as powerful Awakened, will definitely be brought along, and I won’t even refuse if you want to bring your families."

"You damned—"

Zhuo Ao clenched his fists and slammed the table, about to explode, but Aurora stopped him.

"Brother Zhuo, if it weren’t for Mr. Chu, we would all die here."

Zhuo Ao was still full of anger: "I know that! But what is his purpose in trying to shake our military morale here? Can you really accept escaping and leaving others behind to die?"

"We won’t listen to his nonsense. By relying on the Titan Giant Mechanism, even if we can’t kill the Blood Demon, we might make it retreat after weighing the pros and cons!"

A voice from beneath a black cloak said lightly, "Zhuo Ao, not everyone is willing to die for those civilians."

"You!" Zhuo Ao’s eyes widened in fury, and Aurora quickly stopped him: "Enough, an internal conflict here will only further weaken our strength!"

Aurora’s voice, although gentle, carried an undeniable authority, which truly made Zhuo Ao sit down obediently.

Then, she turned to Chu Xiu with an apologetic look: "Sorry to let Mr. Chu witness this."

"It’s alright," Chu Xiu waved it off, "The reason he has such unrealistic fantasies is simply because he doesn’t understand the gap in power between us and the enemy."

Zhuo Ao’s brow twitched a few times, but after glancing at Aurora, he said nothing, while she smiled and said, "Mr. Chu, I have a proposal."

"Go ahead."

"We’ll follow Mr. Chu’s plan, but I believe that in doing so, we are not entirely without hope."

"Oh?" Chu Xiu showed a look of interest.

Aurora continued, "You mentioned that those Alien Civilization Envoys will continue to arrive, right? In that case, the earlier envoys won’t want the later ones to simply take their rewards."

"So, if we can control the timing of the opponent’s attack to be just before the envoys arrive, we can force the existing ones to launch a more reckless attack, and if Mr. Chu can seize this opportunity to catch the enemy in one fell swoop, the crisis for our base will naturally be resolved."

Aurora’s words brought a look of surprise to Chu Xiu’s face.

The implication was simple; for instance, if Chu Xiu feigned retreat one hour before the subsequent envoys arrived, the current ones, not wanting the newcomers to take a share without doing anything, would attack with the Blood Demon within that hour.

In other words, those in the base only needed to hold out for that hour, significantly increasing their chances of survival.

In fact, this was indeed Chu Xiu’s original plan; he certainly couldn’t settle for just taking the lowest reward and retreating in vain.

What he said previously was merely to test the crowd. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

However, for the Saintess to think of this in such a short time, she truly deserves to be in charge of the entire base.

Chu Xiu nodded: "Leave the timing to me. I’ll try to keep it within an hour, but to avoid revealing any flaws, it might take longer, but no more than two hours."

"What you need to do is ensure that within two hours, the Blood Demon Army doesn’t break through the defenses."

"Oh right, my previous statement still holds. To make the feigned retreat look more convincing, I need to take some strong ones with me—not just some, but the vast majority of them."

"Do you have any plans?"

Chu Xiu’s words made everyone serious. After exchanging looks, Aurora spoke: "To withstand nearly endless assaults in the absence of Advanced Awakened for two hours, I can only think of one method."

"That is to fully activate the Titan Giant Mechanism in the remaining days!"