2026-10-19 09:41:16"Move, move, move!" James roared, his tactical rifle spitting a rapid burst of cover fire into the smoky twilight as a hail of kinetic rounds chewed the frozen earth inches from his boots. "The open plaza is a killing field—fall back toward the foundry barricades now!"
Ethan didn't hesitate, grabbing a staggering Kael by the back of his tactical vest and literally hoisting the mechanic off the ground. "Stop trying to check your telemetry, Kael, or you'r
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Chapter 156: Sterling’s Artillery
The air in the corporate observation deck tasted of filtered ozone and expensive, synthetic bourbon. Below the massive floor-to-ceiling reinforced glass, the sprawling expanse of the Silt stretched like an infected wound across the industrial valley, a chaotic maze of corrugated tin, rust, and desperate human survival.Director Sterling didn't look at the slums. He didn't have to. His gaze was fixed entirely on the pristine, glowing holographic tactical display hovering above his mahogany desk, where a solitary, pulsing red dot marked the coordinates of the abandoned foundry."The asset recovery teams failed, Director," Melissa said, her voice clipped, barely concealing the trembling tension in her professional posture. She stood three paces back, her tablet clutched against her tailored grey suit like a shield. "The ground assault squad was wiped out. The surviving operative’s telemetry went dead three minutes ago."Ster
Chapter 155: Rigging the Trap
"Miller, get those haulers moving down the lower drainage line right now!" James shouted, his voice cutting sharply through the rising din of panic. "Do not wait for us!""I'm not leaving you four behind to turn into charcoal!" Miller rasped back, his weathered hands gripping the steering column of the lead transport truck so hard his knuckles turned white. "Sterling’s spotters are already painting the ridge!""If you don't clear the trench, everyone dies," James said, stepping right up to the driver's window and locking eyes with the old smuggler. "Get the civilians to the secondary bunker. That's an order."Miller stared at him for a hard second, spat a curse into the footwell, and slammed the gearshift forward. "If you don't show up in twenty minutes, James, I'm coming back with a heavy wrecker and dragging your corpse out myself!"The convoy roared to life, tires spinning wildly in the sulfurous mud before
Chapter 154: The Race to Evacuate
"The entire upper ceiling of the drainage shaft is buckling under the kinetic feedback!" Noah screamed, his voice cracking as he slammed his palm against the emergency broadcast relay on the central terminal. "If we don't clear this facility in the next three minutes, Sterling’s artillery is going to bury us alive in three hundred feet of burning slag!"James didn’t hesitate. He vaulted over a shattered filing cabinet, his kinetic pistol still smoking from the corridor skirmish, and grabbed a terrified civilian by the lapels of a grease-stained jacket. "Listen to me! Forget the salvage crates, forget the spare water filters, and move your feet toward the lower drainage hatch right now!""Where's the rest of the convoy?" a local volunteer yelled back, clutching a bleeding forearm as he stumbled backward from the smoking workshop entrance. "The haulers can’t take everyone if we leave the heavy machinery behind!"
Chapter 153: Capturing an Asset
"Get down, Noah!" James roared, lunging across the console as a second heavy slug chewed through the edge of the metal desk, sending a shower of sparks and pulverized plastic into the air.Mia’s kinetic converter barked twice in rapid succession. The heavy concussive rounds slammed directly into the operative’s reinforced chest plate, spinning the massive mercenary around and dropping him hard to one knee. Before the man could level his shotgun again, Ethan materialized from the smoke like a runaway freight train, crashing his massive shoulder directly into the operative’s ribs and driving him violently through the remaining lath-and-plaster partition.Crash!Drywall exploded into a powdery gray cloud as the two heavy combatants tumbled into the adjacent briefing room, a flurry of armored limbs and grunted curses echoing off the concrete floor."Ethan, don't kill him! We need an asset!" Jam
Chapter 152: Ethan’s Wall
"Clear the threshold!" James shouted, his hand gripping the shoulder of a trembling civilian as he shoved them down the darkened utility stairwell. "Move, move, move!"Before the last of the liberated laborers could scramble through the blown-out bulkhead, the choking sulfur haze in the main workshop parted with violent speed. A towering corporate operative, his matte-black tactical armor gleaming with fresh condensation, stepped through the smoke with terrifying efficiency. He raised a heavy, suppressed automatic shotgun, the muzzle instantly locking onto the open terminal room where Noah was desperately trying to yank the primary data-drive from the smoking rack."Noah, drop!" Mia screamed, her kinetic converter swinging upward in a fraction of a second.Before Mia could squeeze the trigger, the operative’s finger twitched. A blinding flash of muzzle fire tore through the dim air, the subsonic slug splintering the heavy
Chapter 151: Holding the Lower Level
"Two minutes?" James's voice dropped an octave, cutting through the steam hiss with razor-sharp precision. "Move! Everyone to the lower secondary corridor right now!""The main lift is dead, James!" Mia yelled, already pivoting toward the heavy iron-reinforced bulkhead at the back of the workshop. "The automated locks are fried from the power surge!""Then we take the utility stairs," James ordered, hauling a disoriented volunteer to his feet by the collar of his grease-stained jumpsuit. "Ethan, clear that jammed hatch! Use your shoulder if you have to!""My shoulder's missing half its servo-fluid, boss, but watch this!" Ethan roared, slamming his massive, heavily armored frame directly into the rusted steel hatch.The metal shrieked in protest, rivets popping like firecrackers before the door blew inward with a deafening crash, showering the damp concrete with sparks and shards of oxidized iron."Go, go,
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