"Deploy the Strategic Bio-Organic Weapon!"

Soon, the fibers of the Nano Bag trembled faintly in the air, swallowing the female scientist's figure completely like rippling water.

Two special operations soldiers lifted the precious "package." Their Nanosuits blended perfectly into the surroundings, while the soundproof layers beneath their boots absorbed every footstep.

In just three seconds, the stairwell returned to dead silence.

Leon racked the slide of his Pulse Pistol, and the hum of charging energy vibrated in his palm, shattering the stillness.

He turned to Mike and Chris. The three of them needed no words; years of fighting side by side had long since synchronized their tactical thinking.

A simple gesture—

An index finger drawn across the throat and a middle finger tapped lightly against the temple conveyed the entire plan: clear the obstacles, remain hidden, evacuate first.

Optical Camouflage activated.

Ripples spread across Leon's casual clothes as nanoscale arrays began distorting the light around him.

His outline gradually blurred until only a faint distortion of heat haze remained in the air. The other soldiers entered stealth mode as well, reducing the presence of more than a dozen people to barely perceptible disturbances in the corridor's airflow.

Bang—!

Chris kicked open the iron fire exit door.

Natural light poured in from outside, accompanied by shrill alarms and dense footsteps.

The sight before them made even these battle-hardened special operations soldiers hold their breath—

The plaza outside the building had already become a military exclusion zone.

Countless armed drones formed a honeycomb-like blockade, their scanning probes continuously releasing deep-purple Resonance Waves. This detection method was enough to render conventional Optical Camouflage ineffective.

The ground forces had deployed their elite as well—

Large numbers of soldiers clad in Heavy Power Armor stood below. Their armor was three times thicker than the CMC Series, and the small-caliber cannons