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Chapter sixty

Auteur: Mark Howard
last update Dernière mise à jour: 2024-05-29 22:06:01

Decades had passed since the Guardians, along with a unified galactic alliance, had repelled the cosmic entity lurking within the Veiled Nebula. The memory of that battle remained etched in their collective consciousness, a stark reminder of the galaxy's vulnerability and the power of unity.

Anya, the seasoned Guardian who had led the charge against the entity, had passed on the mantle of leadership to Kai.Though her bio-engineered body bore the marks of countless journeys, her spirit remained youthful, fueled by an unwavering commitment to peaceful coexistence.

One day, a transmission, faint and distorted, pierced the serene hum of the Guardians' headquarters. It originated from a remote corner of the galaxy, a sparsely populated sector known as the Whispering Wilds. The sector, shrouded in perpetual twilight and rumored to be haunted by malevolent entities, was rarely visited.

The transmission, a garbled mix of frantic pleas and fragmented data, spoke of strange occurrences. Shadows
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