Smoke filled the streets, and crimson flames seemed to stain the sky red.
Gunfire mingled with explosions. The buildings on either side of the street had long since been ravaged beyond recognition, leaving only scattered fragments of ruined walls.
A burning armored vehicle belched thick black smoke. Beside it, two young women faced each other from a distance, neither making the first move.
A layer of dark red Exoskeleton Armor already encased Yucas. Its surface was covered in a crystal-clear shell, beneath whose muted sheen lay a frame as indestructible as diamond.
The armor fit seamlessly, enclosing almost her entire body. Though fully armed, she looked anything but bulky. Instead, its sleek contours lent her an elegant beauty, perfectly outlining her slender, alluring figure.
Leaving psionic energy out of the equation and judging purely by physical strength, very few people could surpass Yucas.
In the game, with both at maximum level, her formidable stats were second only to Esnie's. She was an undisputed top-tier gold card.
Now, equipped ahead of time with Exoskeleton Armor that provided formidable combat support, along with an External Prosthesis within it that could interface with her biological systems, Yucas could practically be said to have reached the absolute peak of her combat power.
This was a gift from the predecessor civilization. After modifications by the Alt Conglomerate, it had become her best weapon against Zero!
Zero's eyes flickered slightly as she studied the armor on Yucas.
Exoskeleton Armor was hardly an unusual technology. The Federation possessed similar technology, but compared with the armor her opponent currently wore, theirs clearly paled in comparison.
The reason was simple. As fellow inheritors of predecessor civilization technology, Dorothy had chosen to focus on weapons of war-or, more precisely, legion-wide enhancements-while Beigong Ling favored biotechnology and individual enhancements.
Because of