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    Theresa stood on the bow of the ship, her smile still fixed as the crowd cheered. Deep inside, a warning bell sounded in her head.

    Her psychic field illuminated like a radar screen, with dozens of signals crashing in–fifty, sixty fighter jets streaking across her airspace’s border.

    She lifted her eyes to the west.

    Through the haze of apuse, she spotted them–tiny ck dots against the sky. At the exact moment, her mind filled with a flood of red warnings. The UAV system responded, but those nes were flying way too high. Drones couldn’t touch them.

    Their target was obvious.

    Bombing run.

    Theron’s voice came hard through her earpiece. “Theresa! Iing! Over fifty jets–full–scale air raid!”

    The first explosion cut him off.

    Boom!

    Fire and smoke ripped through the first defense line. The barricades copsed, and through the dust came the sight she dreaded–zombies pouring in like a flood.

    Another scream overhead.

    More bombs hit square on the farnd. A wave of fire swallowed the fields that had just started thriving.

    “Everyone, get down! Take cover!” Theresa bellowed, her voice tearing through the chaos.

    Not everyone caught her words initially. The pping hadn’t even died down yet. Then the jets roared in, low and heavy, like thunder rolling straight into the city. People froze, staring as shadows spread over

    them.

    The first line of bombsnded from the west to the east.

    Boomi! /i

    The ground shook under the shockwaves—buildings folded like paper. Screams cut through the air as dust and debris swallowed the center of

    camp.

    People bolted. They scrambled toward the warships, diving aboard to hide as the jets screamed overhead.

    Boom! Another st smashed into the dockyard. nks split, the ground shook, and smoke boiled upward as the jets climbed back to altitude, their ck silhouettes fading into the sky.

    It was over as fast as it started.

    Theresa jumped from the battleship and sprinted toward the city, her chest tight, fury burning through

    her veins.

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    By nightfall, the report came in.

    A total of thirty bombs were dropped: fifteen destroyed the initial line of defense, ten obliterated farnd, and five struck the city.

    It could have been worse. The only reason the death toll wasn’t catastrophic was that most of the residents had gathered at the docks for the battleshipunch. Even so, two hundred and three lives were lost.

    The worst blow wasn’t the casualties–it was the breach. A gaping wound in the first defense line, now crawling with zombies.

    Theron retreated with survivors behind the second line of defense, making sure that at least part of the city remained under control.

    Then came the deration. Cold, arrogant, written in blood.

    “KI Camp must surrender its sovereignty. From this day on, the three Ark Camps will take control. Theresa will personallye to Ark Camp One to atone. Refuse, and a deep bombardment will begin in three days.

    Theresa stared at the words. Her face showed nothing, yet inside she was drowning in rage.

    iD*/iimn /ithemi! /i

    1fI don’t tear Ark iCamp /iiOne/ii, /iTwo, iand /iiThree /ioff ithe /iimap/i, ithen /iiI /iidon’t /ideserve imy /inamei. /i

    Morgan, Magnus… those ismug /iib/i*istards /iiwho /iithink /iithey /ican icrush /iime/ii. /i

    I see their faces already–ripped iapart/i, piece iby /iipiece/i. iThat’s /iihow /iithey’ll /iiend/i.

    Her voice was calm when she spoke, “Tell them I’ll go to Ark Camp One tomorrow. Tell them to be there. Everyst one of them. Not a single person is missing.”

    She was done building and done pretending. Even the zombie tide could wait. From this moment, her bwar /bwas bagainst /bthe Ark Camps. Nothing else mattered.

    Her words rang like steel across the zing Sun Alliance. “From today, we enter fullbat readiness. Nopromise and retreat. We fight until the three Ark Camps are nothing but ash”

    She swore to herself. If I don’t wipe them out in one strike, I don’t deserve to call myself human

    Theron and Lucas rose to her side instantly. Then, one by one, fifty leaders of the alliance stood tall, their voices rolling together.

    “Nopromise and retreat!”

    That night, a lone helicopter sliced through the sky toward Ark Camp One.

    Inside, Theresa sat with her eyes shut. Her mind dove into the System Store.

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    Points drained fast as she stocked up–AK–47s, Thompsons, M12s. She didn’t waste time on just bullets; grabbing theplete sets was quicker. Guns, ammo, meds, gear–everything piled into her inventory.

    Her points fell hard, but she didn’t blink.

    Then she opened the gleamstone exchange. Millions sat waiting, and with them, countless lottery draws.

    Each draw meant a chance for abilities. She’d pulled a few before–speed–type, strength–type, nothing special–and left it there.

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