"What information do you have? Out with it. We're running out of time," said Zhang Bao'er. He appeared much more anxious than the others. That was probably because he did not wish to see Mars destroyed.

"According to what I learned from the mutated cores, the attack on Mars has been delayed by 24 hours," said the great sovereign.

"The mutated cores are under the empire's control. How are we sure that they are telling the truth?" I asked.

"The empire can only control their minds, but their genes remain unaltered. I need a large amount of energy to regain control over them, so I can only work on them one at a time. For now, only one of them has been returned to my side. That was how I received the information. I will need quite some time before the others are also restored. Also, I need to be inside the superweapons...