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Chapter 62: The Auditor's Pawns
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2025-11-04 23:04:48The darkness of the substation was absolute, a thick, suffocating blackness broken only by the hellish red glow of the advancing optical sensors. The air, heavy with the scent of ozone and damp iron, now carried a new, chilling undertone: the faint, sterile smell of hydraulic fluid and the unnatural silence of men who did not breathe.
“Hostiles!” a young Fang shouted, his voice cracking with a fear that was instantly suppressed by ingrained discipline. “Thermal imaging
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