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Cliff stood and watched as Lennox V2.7 began to hack the system.

The other Generals and Commanders on their ship began to panic as they lost control to their system and a strange static appeared on all their monitors.

"What's going on?" One of the Generals asked.

"Sir! I don't know! Something is damaging our signals! Its affecting our computers!"

"What? We activated Battle Naga! All our systems are now unified! Does that mean-?"

"Yes Sir! We've lost control of the entire Naga!"

Suddenly, the entire ship began to tremble and tremble. Loud vibrations and powerful explosions could be heard everywhere.

The tremors were so much that even the General was rocked of his seat. The Chamber of Commands had several techs that prevented them to be thrown and rocked around was disabled and the occupants of each chambers were being thrown back and forth from the unstable movement of the Chamber.

"Shut down the power! Shut down the power!" The General shouted as he managed to grab hold of his seat and wear his seat belts.

The nearby Commanders did immediately what they could and finally was able to shut down the main power source. The Chamber of Command soon came to a halt.

Soon, all Chamber of Commands had stopped as their main power supply has been shut off.

But even then the tremors across the entire ship grew stronger and stronger.

Turbulence and vibrations spread to these Chamber of Commands.

"What's going on? Have the stabilizers been compromised?" A General frowned.

"Boot up the computers now and immediately communicate with the other Generals!" He immediately ordered.

The room was dark and only the emergency red lights that appeared when the power was shut remained. Suddenly. A bright light flashed to the side as a red object appeared to be moving through the walls.

The scene shocked the soldiers who were now racing to grab their gun. But the figure raised its right hand which no longer had a reddish color and shot at them.

The shots were silent as needles struck them on their body. An electric charge was paralyzing them.

Cliff moved forward and began to reboot the computers.

The image of Lennox appeared once more.

"Is this enough?" Cliff asked.

"Go for a third one. The rest seemed to have activated their network firewall and are blocking my attempts to reach it. But if I can link with another server, I should be able to find my way in." Lennox's voice answered.

"Alright." Cliff immediately left and targeted another Chamber of Command. This time, Cliff aimed for one of the Chamber of Commands that had already activated itself and has already detached from the main Chamber and was acting independently.

The Commanders and Generals remained paralyzed but were all struggling to move. Then a pod appeared nearby as an Exoskeleton emerged. Though no one was piloting it, it could move independently. The Exoskeleton was an SPU Commander Model.

"It seems I may need to reconfigure somethings to shoot out my lightning." A detached voice could be heard from the Exoskeleton. Several others followed and left through the hole that Cliff made.

Another remained to detain the remaining Commanders and Generals.

On the moving Chamber of Command, the Commanders and the General was frantic in keeping up with the command line as confusion occurred.

Everyone was strapped into their seats and had their seat belts on as the stabilizing tech that ensured they wouldn't be thrown off wasn't working. Still, in this circumstances, the Commanders and the General proved to be very capable as they tried to prevent the scenario from getting worse.

"We are to assume that we are the only ones left. Keep the network up and ensure that the General's will each send their security codes first before we allow any form of link with them! We don't know what that virus is or how it got into our ship! But if the WGP could be betrayed, so can we. Assume that our enemy is in this ship itself!" The General gave his orders.

"General Reggs is attempting a link. He demands that we first give our security codes."

"No! He confirms his codes first, and then I will give mine! I still outrank him as a General!" The General refused.

The Commander relayed the answer.

"He's sending his code."

"Zulu Tango One Five Sierra Hotel India Seven!" The General shouted.

"Identity confirmed! This is the personal code!" The Commander who was tasked with memorizing each of the Generals code confirmed.

The General didn't act yet but silently waited as if he was hesitating. It was then that the nearby Commander secretly motioned a secret code confirming that the Commander was correct. This was a fail-safe protocol that was secretly established. There were in fact, two Commanders who knew the code but only one was publicized. In case the Commander was a traitor, the other could verify.

"General Ngo code Alpha Charlie Three Nine Romeo November One." The General spoke.

There was silence for a few seconds and finally, the system prompted that their link was established.

"General Ngo! We need to gather our forces! There should be a traitor in our midst! Only you and General Marañon was able to immediately detach from the network! We failed to mark on time but the virus was already detected! What do you recommend?" General Reggs asked immediately.

But there was silence on the other line.

Cliff had already boarded and shot the group and turned on the computer with Lennox already plugged in. The stabilizers were working again.

"For the Lost Primordial!" General Ngo's voice resounded through Cliff and the connection between the two Generals was immediately disconnected.

"Did you succeed?" Cliff asked Lennox who now appeared on the screen.

"Yes. I've managed to hack into their systems. Do as planned." Lennox confirmed.

Cliff nodded and moved on ahead.

At that moment, more Exoskeletons emerged. This time, a General Model appeared and the Exoskeleton moved on without even pausing. A few Commanders also emerged.

Cliff suit had transformed again and it bore its original Exoskeleton look. It began to move inside and cause a commotion shooting any soldiers it found along the way. Exoskeletons were sent to stop it, but Cliff would easily kill the pilots.

General Reggs had immediately ordered his crew to prepare for retreat. He sent his Chamber of Command to the tail-end of the King Naga and immediately issued orders to forcibly disconnect the sector from the main body.

"All soldiers retreat! The King Naga has been compromised! Retreat to the End Sector! General Ngo is confirmed to be working with the Lost Primordial! All forces retreat!"

"All forces, belay that order! I am General Tran! General Ngo is not a traitor! The traitor is General Reggs! Any soldiers who follow Reggs will be treated as a traitor!"

"All forces. This is General Ngo. Reggs is a traitor. He found out about my affair with his wife and has betrayed the SPU."

Cliff who was running and shooting somewhere in the King Naga stopped.

"Seriously?"

"It's a trick I got from Lowengren." Lennox answered.

"All forces! This is General Marañon! Do not obey Ngo and Tran! They are the traitors! Head towards the End Sector or the Fringe Sector! I will be issuing a full retreat! The King Naga is compromised! I repeat! The King Naga is compromised! We are to go to a full retreat!"

The conflicting orders made the soldiers confused. Most soldiers followed the direct orders of the General they were serving.

Soon, more were forced to follow the orders of Generals Ngo and Tran as thee Commanders of both groups began to move and directly give orders in person. General Ngo's Exoskeleton was even seen moving outside to keep orders.

A perimeter and even some in-fighting occurred near the Mid Sector and the Fringe Sector. As the Fringe Sector and the End Sector followed Generals Reggs and Marañon, a barrier was even made between the two groups.

The pleading calls of the Generals continued to force the other team to join the other side.

Of course, one General was not very diplomatic but became very angry and kept cursing General Reggs.

"Remember that night you were assigned to the Vietnam areas? I banged your wife!"

Cliff couldn't believe the insanity that Lennox kept doing but soon, the audio of General Reggs turned chaotic as his Commanders were clearly stopping him from getting to his suit.

The aerial battle outside the King Naga had ended.

After the explosion, the Exoskeletons had retreated and returned to the disk-shaped aircraft.

The sudden retreat made the circumstances and conflicts in the King Naga all the more suspicious.

Just as it was inside, each army had positioned itself alongside the sector of the King Naga where their immediate General was. While there were some soldiers who picked a side, most followed their direct superiors.

"All forces! This is the Lost Primordials plan! It wants to steal away as much soldiers as it can! Our mission has been to attack Pangea and eliminate the Floating Fortress! But now, the Lost Primordial is messing with us internally! With The End and Fringe Sector gone, our overall military might cannot easily crush Pangea! Remember the reports! General Harker is clearly working with the Lost Primordial!"

"What foolishness! Soldiers! You've seen the report! General Harker allied with the WGP! Our mission has nothing to do with the Lost Primordial or the WGP! We are here to conquer Pangea who has been our enemies for the longest times! But now, these Generals are ordering you to charge straight to Pangean soil and fight! What if they are allied with the Lost Primordial and is forcing us to waste our lives just to attack Harker!"

The Generals kept arguing back and forth and continued to throw off conspiracy theories after another.

"Men! This battle is to problematic! We retreat!"

"That's right! You always retreat! That's why your wife was unhappy! I on the other hand kept pushing on! And that's why I can tell you this! Your son? He's mine! Hahahaha!"

While more curses and foul words were exchanged to everyone's hearing, the detachment process finally happened. The Fringe Sector disconnected from the Mid Sector. Both the End and The Fringe Sector became another small serpent that looked just like the King Naga.

The main body of the King Naga also reformed as if it never lost two sectors as well.

When the disconnect finally occurred, the End and Fringe Sectors began their hasty retreat.

But then, the disk-shaped craft zoomed and chase the end sectors and began to attack it.

The sudden movements of this aircraft caused several confused actions and many of the Exoskeletons began to fly towards the fleeing Sectors.

"Men! We follow General Reggs! Quick! If we stay here any second, we'd probably die!" One of the Platoon leaders made a hasty decision and immediately ordered his team to make for the fleeing sectors.

"Sir?" One of the soldiers asked in confusion.

"Think! Why would the aircraft attack that sector and ignore the main! That's because the main belongs to the Lost Primordial!" The leader explained.

But just as his words, ended, several explosions rocked the sky.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Several thunderous bombs exploded as a large figure emerged from the seas below.

It was the Lingkaran that was supposedly based in Malay-Pangea.

"What?! The Lingkaran can submerge?!" The platoon leader was shocked.

"All forces! Retreat inside the King Naga! Our anti-air weapons can only last for so long! Reequip with an underwater gear and prepare for submerged battle! The King Naga is diving!" The announcement reached all soldiers.

The Platoon leader who was headed for the End and Fringe sectors cursed and turned around once more.

"Men! Move back!"

"Sir?" The same soldier asked in confusion.

"Don't you get it? Those Reggs is the Lost Primordial! They made this plan to divide the King Naga! This was so that the Lingkaran can effectively kill us!" The Platoon leader answered.

Between the two King Nagas, several platoons of Exoskeletons and jets found themselves switching and moving to the other side.

The Main body continued to launch various rockets at the nearby Lingkaran but kept on diving down.

The Exoskeletons that were out immediately went in and docked on their respective bays just before the King Naga began to submerge underwater.

Cliff was no longer fighting. He was seated in one of the Chamber of Commands he broke in earlier.

"Just like this? We stole a King Naga?" He couldn't believe it.