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"This is the second intermediate team."

"I am captain Camilla Evelyn, please give me instructions."

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"Where is the location?"

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"Okay, I understand."

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"Yes, we will go there after carrying out the annihilation mission."

In the slightly dark vehicle cab, the holographic window folded and faded, and sitting in front of the instrument that emitted a blue light was a girl with short beige hair.

The attire on her body is somewhat special. Black armor pieces of different sizes are combined with each other and distributed on the underwear with a faint honeycomb pattern.

It should be some kind of special clothing used for combat. The overall defense is tight but not bulky at all.

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"Everyone, we have a mission."

"...?"

There are also several rows of seats in the extended rear space.

Several people who were scattered around moved their eyes and looked at Camilla in the cab.

"This is a B-level annihilation mission."

"The search scope is Moment Square and nearby commercial streets...the scope is not very large."

"The specific number is not yet known, but there should be about five."

"Captain, don't be so serious."

The brown-haired girl leaning on the seat crossed her arms nonchalantly, seemingly not interested in this boring combat information.

Judging from her age, she is probably younger than Camilla as the captain. The same holographic panel stays in front of her, illuminating her black armor.

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However, what is shown above does not seem to be information or communications.

"Isn't this kind of task easy to handle?"

"It is not a good habit to underestimate the enemy."

"Okay, okay...I understand."

"..."

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"There's really nothing I can do about you..."

Helpless Camilla frowned and looked at the two people on the other side.

"In addition to annihilating the Dark Spirit, we also received an additional mission."

"There are two researchers from other branches who need to be escorted. I will explain the detailed process later."

"Listen up, Erica."

"Uh-huh."

Amidst the low sound of the engine starting, the girl did not raise her head, but simply replied in a perfunctory tone.

"Anyway, let's go first."

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"...Moment Square, which side is it?"

The one who spoke this time was a young man with short brown hair.

For some reason, he wasn't wearing armor, so he wore a slightly fluffy jacket and ordinary trousers and short boots, which were his casual clothes.

"It's not far from here, just a few streets away."

"..."

"Don't be nervous, you can do something else first."

"By the way...Garden, remember to confirm the weapons and ammunition."

"Um."

The black-haired man who had been sitting silently responded.

2

The sky was a little gloomy, like a doomsday scene.

No, it was originally a scene of the end of the world.

Among the piles of wreckage and ruins, a lone dark armored vehicle drove on the deserted road in Liao. Its heavy wheels rolled up the sand on both sides, forming a drifting dust mist.

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Indeed, almost all of the city was destroyed, leaving only endless ruins.

Is that all?

Among everyone's earliest memories, the scene of the ominous black hole is the most profound.

It appeared without warning and released the armored black monster.

Codename-[Dark Spirit]

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They have an incomprehensible hostility towards the living and are only born to destroy.

Neither steel nor the army can resist it.

The city was quickly disintegrated under their frenzied offensive.

In addition, there is also a plague called [Dark Dust] that is raging together.

People infected by this tiny dust, which is invisible to the naked eye, will develop acute septicemia symptoms within an hour.

What followed was irreversible chills and auditory hallucinations.

In the end, the patient will completely lose perception and consciousness, and completely become a member of the vast dark spirit.

Unfortunately, the current level of medical treatment cannot cure this infection, and the only thing they can do is the most humane execution.

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But no one ever thought of stopping there.

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To resist, but also to survive.

The elites from various places who survived the black tide spontaneously formed a new armed group called [Ashes] while retreating.

[Reborn from the ashes, turning obstacles into ashes]

They retained the most cutting-edge scientific research technology at that time, and used pitch-black armor and machinery as the vanguard. In this way, they tried their best to slow down the collapse of the defensive front.

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[Secondary weapon system offline]

"Erica?"

"...Pressed the wrong button."

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This is a battle with no chance of winning.

Living power is constantly being lost, but the number of enemies is only increasing.

Cities fell one after another, and even Ashes was completely annihilated by the Dark Spirit. It was only a matter of time.

However, a turning point occurred.

A small number of people did not experience any negative symptoms after being exposed to dark dust. On the contrary, they reversed the damage caused by dark dust to their cell structures and gained special abilities that went against common sense.

That is to say, the superpowers in the concept, they have enough power to fight against the dark spirits.

These people are called [contrarians].

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From the moment the first inverter appeared, the situation of the battle quickly reversed.
To be continued...