Newland City State
"Are we going to die?"
The young military policeman curled up behind the piled-up fortifications, staring blankly up at the enormous reflection of a planet in the sky.
Ever since that planetary shadow had appeared overhead, the entire world seemed to have descended into an even more twisted madness.
Those monsters had gone insane, constantly attacking people and constantly attacking one another.
They were already close to running out of ammunition and supplies. Once the monsters broke through their defenses, everyone here would be doomed to die.
Beside the young military policeman, the Military Police Captain, who was firing his gun, tossed him a pack of cigarettes. "Get up."
"Captain, what's the point of struggling now?"
The young military policeman clutched the cigarettes and climbed to his feet dejectedly. He glanced at the frenzied monsters outside, then at his captain, who was still carefully conserving ammunition as he fired.
"We're dead anyway! These monsters are too powerful. They're no longer something humans can resist. What's the point of fighting back? Is some god going to come save us?"
The Military Police Captain did not answer. He merely leaned against his rifle and carefully sniped the monsters drawing closer one after another.
The explosive rounds could not kill those monsters completely, but they could hinder their movements.
Beneath the silent night sky, blood seemed to be spreading little by little.
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Ruin World · Near-Earth Space
He Ao slowly approached the metal box. The twisted oppressive sensation emanating from it, along with the distorted whispers echoing in his ears, grew stronger and stronger.
This was merely a fragment of 001.
He looked at the completely destroyed control console. Rather than reaching out to touch it, he directly reached for the cube-shaped metal box glowing red.
Beneath the metal