The War Rig bounced violently as it crushed another calcified tree. Inside, the noise was deafening—the roar of the engine, the grinding of gears, and the constant thump-thump of ash hitting the hull."Hull integrity at 80%," Rook shouted from the driver’s seat. "Those worms dented the armor plating on the left side!"Ethan sat in the cargo bay, secured to a jump seat which faced Jarek. The Titan Suit stood between them like a silent iron golem, strapped down with heavy cargo nets.Ethan directed Ethan to "Check the seals". "The air pressure is dropping".A young mutant soldier named Garg unbuckled his seatbelt. He was a brute, with gray skin and tusks, but he looked pale.Garg grunted that he would examine the rear vent. He stood up, grabbing a handhold to steady himself against the shaking of the truck.Garg approached the back wall. He inspected a hairline crack in the steel plating which emerged from a worm impact on their surface.HISS.The engine produced a tiny sound which rema

The convoy moved deeper into the canyon. The War Rig crawled slowly, flanked by Scrap and his band of Rejects who moved through the shadows of the junk piles.The temperature was climbing."External temp: 200 degrees," Rook reported, his voice tight. "The tires are starting to soften, boss. We can't go much further."The canyon finished its path to the front. A massive cavernous mouth opened up to reveal a river of molten lava which flowed straight into the volcano.The massive steel grate hung above the lava river. The grate had rusted and emitted red light because of the heat particles.Scrap pointed to The Intake with his stone arm. The maintenance door is located behind the grate which blocks access to it.Jarek observed the area to be peaceful. He used his thermal scope to survey the area but everything became invisible because the lava generated a tremendous white light.Scrap spoke in a whisper about his sleeping state. The dog should not be disturbed according to him.Ethan st

The ventilation shaft ended at a heavy grate. Through the bars, cool, sterile air drifted in, a sharp contrast to the sulfurous heat of the factory floor below.Ethan signaled for the team to stop. He peered through the grate.They were looking onto a suspension bridge—a narrow walkway of white glass that connected the volcano wall to the floating Diamond Core.Ethan declared that the entrance gate constituted their only method of entry through the private comms channel.Jarek confirmed the area remained unoccupied because no turrets or cameras existed there.Ethan said that guards performed better than cameras.He started his Medical God Sight activation process. He looked at the whole bridge area.The bridge section experienced an air disturbance which created visible waves. The phenomenon occurred because sound waves traveled through the space above the bridge.Four figures stayed frozen in place at regular intervals throughout the bridge. The women stood tall and slender while the

The pressure was crushing.Ethan lay pinned to the floor of the Core Chamber. It felt like an invisible mountain was resting on his chest. Beside him, Jarek was groaning, his massive bones creaking under the gravity wave. Sofia had passed out from the lack of oxygen.The weight of the pressure felt unbearable to me.Ethan lay on the ground inside the Core Chamber. He experienced the sensation that an invisible mountain was pressing down on his body. Jarek next to him was groaning because his large bones suffered from the force of gravitational waves. Sofia had lost consciousness because she did not have enough oxygen.Lady Vex floated above them in a beautiful manner. The Progenitor's silver light shone from her skin in a blinding and terrifying way.Vex whispered I see it now. The voice of Vex made Ethan feel her words vibrate through his teeth. She revealed her ability to see everything from the beginning of existence until the end of time. Everything exists in a state where it can

Volume 3: The Warlord CouncilOne Month Later.The rain in Sector 7 wasn't acid anymore. It was clean. The massive Shield Generator atop the repaired Tower hummed with a steady, comforting rhythm, filtering the clouds and protecting the city from the Ash Wastes.The city had changed.The city had become clean since the demolished buildings were removed from the area. The gangs—Neon Skulls, Iron Fists, and Nightshades—were no longer fighting each other in the streets. The soldiers were conducting patrols while wearing their black armor which displayed the White Wolf emblem.The central part of the city now displayed Qin's Tower at an increased height which reached higher than its previous height. The building had received structural improvements through the installation of black steel along with components which had been retrieved from Vex's factory.Ethan sat in the Penthouse Throne Room.He had changed from the boy who first entered the city two months prior. His hair had turned into