The Confrontation with "Them"
Invaders from beyond the world—the Dark Angels.
Fanatical believers who had converted under the "guidance" of the Dark Angels, their very nature having completely strayed from humanity.
Their modes of existence defied common sense, their forms and traits were bizarre and varied, and their contamination covered vast areas. Their might could not be opposed with existing technology—researching them meant risking corruption, yet without knowing anything about them, there was even less hope of opposing those invaders.
Yu Sheng gradually refined his impression of the Dark Angels and those Angel Cultists in his mind, sketching out their outlines and guessing at their nature.
Song Cheng fell silent and did not disturb Yu Sheng's thoughts. Only after quite some time did Yu Sheng take the initiative to break the silence. "So, if I'm understanding this correctly, none of you have successfully killed a single Dark Angel to date?"
Song Cheng sighed and spread his hands helplessly. Beside him, Xu Jiali nodded and spoke in a muffled voice. "We've tried every method, and every faction has made its own attempts, but the existence of the Dark Angels is... strange. They don't seem to be entirely located where they're observed. Any attack will veer off course as it approaches them, and even those that happen to hit can barely inflict damage on their bodies. Not to mention that some Dark Angels simply aren't in a normal material form. How are you supposed to kill a shadow or a beam of light?"
The two-meter-tall man clicked his tongue at that, clearly rather irritated, before continuing. "The closest we've ever come to success was the 'Angelfall' operation, which took place ten years ago in the border region of Argraidean.
"They prepared for a long time and were extremely lucky to detect the