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In an instant, those Demons, those Chaos Space Marines, those Marines rising up in resistance, the splashing blood, shattered armor, and burning camp—all froze in place, as if someone had pressed a pause button.
"???"
Li Haonan was naturally stunned by this.
Then, before he could come to his senses, he saw a light.
Yes, a light!
The light rose from the center of the camp, like a miniature sun igniting upon the ground, instantly piercing through all darkness, all shadows, all chaos and despair.
The light was neither white nor yellow, but a warm golden hue that seemed to carry the warmth of flame.
Then...
Within the light, a small figure appeared.
It was a petite figure dressed in a red-and-white skintight combat suit. Judging by her height, she seemed to be only seven or eight years old?
She simply stood amid the flames, atop the highest point in the camp, while the light behind her outlined her form in a hazy golden silhouette.
Although her face was indistinct, Li Haonan could sense that she seemed to be smiling?
And it was not a gentle smile, nor a normal one, but the strange grin of a brat who had finally found a new toy—cunning and mischievous?
Then, she vanished.
The light vanished with her.
Then the scene shifted.
A female officer in a red pilot's protective suit appeared where the little girl had just stood. She stood in the center of the camp, with a marine in full CMC Power Armor behind her.
The female officer's flight suit did not look very clean, covered in filth, mud, and bloodstains. Yet her expression—especially her eyes—was bright, like a blazing flame.
After a while, she took a deep breath and threw up her arm in a roar:
"You