Inside the Serenitea Pot's core command post, light and shadow shifted across the sandbox, outlining the town named "Capitanograd" on the frozen wastes of eastern Snezhnaya. Keqing's fingertips glided over the interlocking railway tracks and dense clusters of buildings in the holographic projection. Her voice cut through the encrypted channels of the Golden Grain Communication Network, reaching the distant Snezhnayan frontline command post with absolute clarity: "Proceed step by step, clear the perimeter, and minimize casualties. The supply line must be opened, but the lives of our soldiers are not expendable."
At the other end of the screen, Tartaglia slammed a fist onto the frost-covered metal command desk, making the water cup beside it ring with a sharp hum. "Play it safe? The frozen tundra is our home turf! Send in the assault teams who know the terrain to punch straight through and strike at the heart—we can wrap this up in half a day!" Behind him, several Snezhnayan staff officers exchanged sharp glances, clearly backing their commander-in-chief's radical plan.
Keqing's eyes narrowed as her fingers danced rapidly across the Akasha Terminal's light screen. The next second, the brutal footage and data streams from the Mondstadt City urban warfare flooded the screens of the Snezhnayan command post: burning wreckage, body bags carried out by the Millelith, and casualty statistics marked with huge red arrows. "'Sharpened Edge II' Operation—a frontal assault on the Core Ar…
Chapter 194