As the residents of Preston Hive City enjoyed their peaceful lives, a sudden BOOM! shattered the calm.
The sound was like thunder, shaking the ground and making everyone's heart clench involuntarily.
Countless men and women in the upper and highest levels of the hive looked up in panic. They saw the Space Elevator connecting the hive to the Starport suddenly snap in midair, as if some irresistible force had torn it apart.
The Space Elevator, an engineering marvel that the Hive World had long taken pride in, had once been a vital route connecting the ground to space. It was not only a symbol of humanity's technology during Old Night, but also a bridge between the Hive World and the outside world. Now, however, it had become the source of a disaster.
The elevator's central section was completely destroyed in the explosion, and its fragments rained down from the sky like meteors. Some were as small as pebbles, while others were as large as houses. They plummeted at astonishing speeds, smashing into the ground with deafening roars.
The residents fled in terror, but many failed to escape the sudden disaster. People screamed in the streets, desperately searching for cover. Windows shattered, sending shards of glass flying through the air like sharp blades. Some unfortunate residents were struck by falling debris, their clothes stained red with blood as cries of pain rose all around them.
Meanwhile, the panicked crowds on the ground—
In the Starport's conference hall, Forged Steel Lord Peter held a war council with his brothers. They had already seized the world's Starport, but the situation had only grown worse: they were trapped inside it.
Now they were holding a war council to discuss how to break into the hive.
The tension in the conference hall was almost palpable.