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Chapter 457
Author: Yeshua Yin
last update2026-02-08 14:54:26

The wind across Beta-7 carried a hollow, metallic whine, scraping against the hull of the Lumen Horizon as if the planet itself were protesting their arrival.

Oliver Beckett stepped onto the observation deck, the glass beneath his boots humming faintly with the residual energy of the Rift.

The sky was not a sky at all but a fractured dome of gray-green clouds, jagged fissures of light tearing across it.

He pressed a gloved hand to the railing and surveyed the desolate plain stretching into t
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  • Chapter 645

    Oliver stepped forward in the pitch-black tunnel. He moved straight toward the charging giants.He held the silver Anchor disc in his left hand. The disc was connected by copper wires to the glowing blue Volt-Hound spine that Rax was carrying behind him.Oliver did not use a gun. He did not use his knife. He ran the math of kinetic energy. “Force equals mass times acceleration.”The center Goliath swung its massive bone sword blindly in the dark.Oliver slid perfectly under the swinging sword. He moved with robotic grace. He stepped directly in front of the center Goliath."General Vega," Oliver whispered into the radio. "When the light flashes, shoot the copper wire in my left hand.""Shoot the wire?!" Vega gasped in the dark. "Commander, you are holding it! The explosion will kill you!""Shoot the wire," Oliver repeated flatly.He slammed his black metal right fist directly into the Goliath's thick steel chest armor. He didn't punch to hurt it. He punched to grab it. His strong met

  • Chapter 644

    "We can't fight like that!" Sergeant Miller argued. "It's like fighting in a strobe light! We won't be able to see the enemy!""You will not need to see them if you follow my rhythm," Oliver said coldly.He turned to the squad."Listen to my exact orders," Oliver commanded. "When the lights are on, you may move. You may aim. You may shoot. But the exact microsecond the lights go out, you must freeze. You must not take a single step. You must not pull the trigger. If you shoot in the dark, you will hit your friends.""Freeze in the dark?" Davis asked, trembling. "But what if a monster is right in front of me?!""If you move in the dark, the monster will hear you," Oliver said flatly. "If you stay perfectly still, the monster will have to guess where you are. We are going to synchronize our squad responses to the pulse. We will become ghosts in the dark, and killers in the light."Oliver looked at the glowing blue spine of the dead Volt-Hound resting on the floor."Rax. Pick up the ener

  • Chapter 643

    The cave was completely black. It was absolute, pitch-black darkness. There was no light from the flashlights. There was no glow from the alien coin. Even the purple veins in Commander Oliver’s black metal arm were totally dark.All electrical and magical energy had been drained from the room.Oliver could not see. He could not use his Echo Sense. He was completely blind.Right above his head, a giant mouth opened. He could hear the wet, sticky sound of thick lips parting. He could smell the terrible odor of rotten meat and old blood. He felt a hot, heavy breath blow down onto his face. The Energy-Vampire was ready to bite his head off.A normal man would scream. A normal man would freeze in terror.Oliver did not scream. He did not freeze. He used math.Variable A: I cannot see the enemy. Therefore, I must use my other senses.Variable B: The hot breath hit my face from an angle of exactly forty-five degrees above me.Variable C: The sound of the jaws opening took zero point one se

  • Chapter 642

    Oliver turned to Lira. "Lira. The Overlord’s army possesses highly specialized units. Are there any Wraithborn monsters in this sector that store massive amounts of raw, electrical Rift energy?"The ghost’s blind white eyes widened. She realized what he was planning."Yes," Lira whispered in fear. "There are creatures called Volt-Hounds. They are massive, fast, wolf-like beasts. They feed on raw lightning. They carry thousands of volts in their spines. The Overlord uses them as living batteries for his war machines.""Perfect," Oliver said. His voice was cold and sharp. "We will find a Volt-Hound. We will trap it. We will kill it. And we will extract its spine.""Hunt a lightning monster with no ammo and no water?" Vega asked in disbelief."We will use precision," Oliver stated.Oliver stood up. He picked up his silent sniper rifle with his left hand."The resource management phase is complete," Oliver ordered. "Everyone, stand up. Grab your gear. We are leaving the safe room."The ti

  • Chapter 641

    "Hunger keeps the senses sharp," Oliver said perfectly. "A hungry animal hunts better than a full animal. We will divide one single protein bar into four equal pieces. We will eat the pieces exactly ten minutes before we engage the enemy. We will use the sudden sugar spike for combat energy. The other two bars are reserved for absolute emergencies."Rax rumbled a deep laugh. "You treat your own people like machines, Commander. You measure their blood like oil.""Machines do not make mistakes. Humans do," Oliver replied coldly. "I will not let a human mistake end the universe."Oliver turned his cold gray eye and his burning red eye to the weapons on the floor."We have two plasma batteries," Oliver noted. "General Vega. Your sniper rifle is our only long-range asset. But energy weapons drain battery rapidly. From this moment on, you are forbidden to miss."Vega stared at him. "Forbidden to miss? Commander, it is dark out there. They move fast.""I am aware of their speed," Oliver said

  • Chapter 640

    The red light flashed in the pure white room. WEE-WOO! WEE-WOO!The giant robot made of hard white light and metal charged forward. It raised its two glowing energy swords. It was designed to kill monsters. And Commander Oliver’s right arm was made of monster metal.Oliver was stuck. His left hand was glued to the glowing white glass table. His black metal right arm was smoking and losing power. He could not move."General Vega!" Oliver’s voice echoed cleanly through the flashing red room. "Do not shoot the robot! Shoot the table!"General Vega did not hesitate for a single microsecond. She trusted Oliver with her life. She raised her heavy sniper rifle. She aimed at the glowing white glass table right next to Oliver’s trapped human hand. She pulled the trigger.BANG! The heavy metal bullet flew across the room. It hit the white glass exactly in the center.CRASH! The ancient alien table exploded. Millions of tiny, glowing white glass pieces flew into the air like bright snow.The mag

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