1. An Zhe was in the vehicle.Morning light filtered through the armored car’s sunroof.This was his fourth trip to the Abyss with Lu Feng. He had woken up.But he didn’t get out of bed.He couldn’t get out of bed. Wrapped in a blanket, he refused to emerge until Lu Feng brewed a cup of milk…

1. “Remember: bravery, strength, and sacrifice—this is the heroism of our era, the collective heroism of humanity.” In Eden, Tang Lan was reciting.“Collective heroism, individual heroism, together they—” Hubbard covered his face with a firearms catalog. “Still not done memorizing?”“Almost.” Tang Lan closed the book and stared at the ceiling. “Hubbard.”“What is it?” “Do you…

Summer had arrived in the Abyss.From the Highlands Research Institute, looking down revealed an endless sea of deep ink-green undulations, like vast waves stretching into the pale blue sky. In the distant mountains, a flock of black, winged monsters circled, letting out long cries. Their calls, carried with the wind, reached the mountain peaks. On…

====== Rose I · Year 2103 “We have no other choice.”“Everything in the world is devouring humanity, and our numbers are dwindling, one after another.” “Child,” Mrs. Lu took off the golden rose badge from her chest and placed it in her daughter’s palm, then slowly closed her fingers around it, so she could feel…

Anzhe looked up and frowned at Lu Feng. He was unhappy, his eyes reddened, and he didn’t speak. He reached out to grab Lu Feng’s wrist, trying hard to push it away. But Lu Feng was much stronger than him. Anzhe couldn’t move it at all. After a few attempts, he simply turned his fingers…

Anzhe sank into a dream. He’d had this kind of dream long ago—on the day he parted from Lu Feng. Back then, it was broad daylight, and he was awake, yet he seemed to slip into another dream. Probably the hallucinations of someone near death. He never told Polly. The inexplicable coughing of blood, high…

Three years had passed since the final battle. That day, both the Eastern and Western magnetic poles emitted a perfectly stable frequency. From then on, the monsters no longer obsessively attacked human bases. Matter ceased to contaminate each other. In the midst of aberration, humanity found constancy. That frequency came to be known as “the…

Polly Jones’ voice came through the communication channel. “The stable frequency now covers the entire globe,” he said. “There’s no need to worry about material aberration anymore.” “Message received,” the operator from the Underground Base replied, suppressing their excitement. “We don’t know what you did—but thank the heavens, thank you.” More messages came in. “The…

“Lu Feng!” Hubbard called out. He saw Lu Feng’s fingers gripping the edge of the cabin door so tightly that they turned pale and began to bleed. His lowered lashes and vacant eyes tried hard to hide his turmoil, but the trembling of his knuckles betrayed everything. In the vast sea of fire, his voice…

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night The engines roared as PL1109 slowly took off. With it rose the entire fighter formation, forming the aerial combat strength of the base. Across the vast plains, the monsters surged toward the base like a tide. Through the porthole, Lu Feng looked toward the north of the…