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Chapter 165: The Elephant's Footbeat
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2025-12-11 21:13:56The darkness of the corridor wasn't empty. It had a texture. A heaviness that pressed against the chest, tasting of rust and old, dead air.
Jack moved first, his Predator vision useless in the radioactive soup. He relied on the faint, pulsating blue light coming from further down the hall. It was rhythmic. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Like a giant heart buried under tons of concrete.
"The Elephant's Foot," Finch's voice crackled, barely audible through the interferenc
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