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Chapter 69

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The deceleration was a bone-shattering ordeal. The pneumatic tube hissed as air pressure spiked to counteract their $Mach$ velocity, slamming the Feral Six against the Isotope Cell. With a final, violent thud, the delivery hatch opened, dumping them onto a floor made of seamless, white obsidian.

They weren't in the Rust anymore.

The air here didn't taste like ozone; it tasted like Filtered Purity. The temperature was a constant $22^\circ\text{C}$, and the silence was so heavy it felt artificial
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