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Chapter 166: Half-Life Duel
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2025-12-11 21:14:34The eye of the Atomic Tyrant wasn't biological. It was elemental. It stared at Jack with the weight of a thousand dying suns.
"It's waking up!" Finch screamed over the comms, his voice distorted by panic. "Valerius jump-started the fission process! The core is going critical! You have maybe three minutes before this entire chamber becomes a miniature sun!"
"Three minutes?" Jack spat, wiping black blood from his lip. "Plenty of time."
Valerius laughed, a jagged sound. He p
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