6 6 301 DialogEnable AniZhuanchangBegin Another gate inside the CPF was blown apart. Before the dust settles, Constructs in their protective goggles breach the broken door, their weapons firing, and the smoke clears to reveal Hans' team standing.
20 20 301 Construct Captain We spotted bullet holes from shotgun rounds and signs of explosions on the walls. These marks are accompanied by fallen Hetero-Sapiens, more often than not. 1
21 21 301 Hans It's not us, and it couldn't have been the Scavengers. Record it and confirm the data. 2
22 22 301 Construct Captain Roger. 1
23 23 301 Hans How's Simon's team doing? 2
24 24 301 Construct Captain Simon's team is trying to secure the location inside the tower that connects to all inside teams. 1
25 25 301 Construct Captain Whichever Construct shows a sign of infection, he can immediately connect and help stabilize them with the commandant. 1
26 26 301 Construct Captain With his help, all Constructs inside the tower have yet to show any sign of infection. All anomalies regarding the Inver-Devices are resolved the moment they arise. 1
27 27 301 Construct Captain He's playing the role of an emergency firefighter pretty well. 1
28 28 301 Hans Right. 2
29 29 301 Hans nods, setting up the bit domain node he just turned on in the room he is in.
30 30 301 Hans And the third bit domain node has been deployed. 2
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32 32 301 The triangulated coordinates are located not far below Hans' team. Based on the previous exploration, you have all confirmed that is where the advanced Hetero-Hive Mother is hiding.
33 33 301 Hans grips the trigger for the Longinus Arsenal in his hand tightly. He looks at the floor beneath his feet as if his gaze can penetrate the heavy platform, observing the fight that is about to happen there.
34 34 301 The dire situation on the surface and the threat inside the Pulia Forest Park Ruins have shown Hans that the advanced Hetero-Hive Mother cannot leave this area alive.
35 35 301 If Gray Raven cannot defeat it by the end of the fight, he must pull this trigger and annihilate all the enemies inside this forest, whether they succeed in retrieving the samples or not.
36 36 301 Hans puts the trigger back inside his coat and leads his team out of the room.
37 37 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Instead of waiting for Gray Raven's results, there are still missions only he can complete as the Chief Commander in a situation like this.
41 41 301 AniZhuanchangEnd 1 As you lead Gray Raven inside the vast space ahead, you find the Hetero-Hive Mother suspended in mid-air.
42 42 301 It is even bigger, more complete than the test subject you saw before. Your terminals keep warning you that this is the target of your mission, the advanced Hetero-Hive mother.
43 43 301 Crimson umbilical cords extend from around you, connecting to the Hive Mother, some of them hanging helplessly like withered roots. This is the queen of the Hive, the central processor of all the data received outside.
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45 45 301 1 Lucia Commandant, the enemy is making a huge impact on our Inver-Devices. 1
46 46 302 Understood. But it hasn't exceeded our calculations yet. 47
47 47 302 Stick to the plan. 48
48 48 201 2 500026 -600
49 49 201 3 1031001 600
50 50 301 1 Lucia & Lee & Liv Roger! 1 2 3
51 51 401 1 112
52 52 202 1 2 3 1
53 53 201 1 500301
54 54 401 2 662
55 55 401 200 2 662
56 56 401 2 631
57 57 402 300 631
58 58 301 1 You step forward and fire at the Hive Mother. The bullet grazes its tough exterior, leaving no marks but a crisp echo.
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60 60 301 RImgBg1Shake But your action has awoken the previous dormant Hive Mother. You can hear curses coming out of its body.
64 64 301 The Hive Mother is mumbling gibberish like the one did in the sewers, which confirms the connection between that one and the one before you—the Ascendant's aid.
65 65 301 Immediately, its tentacles strike at you with unfathomable speed.
72 72 301 Lucia rushes before you, her red katana unsheathed, severing the tentacle reaching for you.
73 73 301 The thruster behind her buzzes. Even with the exoskeleton and its temperature regulator, you can still feel the temperature around you dropping.
74 74 301 A freezing breeze emits from Lucia's thruster, and the Hetero-Hive Mother's movement is visibly slowing down.
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76 76 301 That state only lasts but a second. As Lucia raises her blade and thrusts at the gap in the Hetero-Hive Mother's shell, it suddenly bursts with immense strength and dodges, putting some distance between them.
77 77 302 Liv. 78
78 78 401 2 592
79 79 301 The evading Hetero-Hive Mother suddenly freezes mid-air, multiple pink electromagnetic walls holding it firmly in place.
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81 81 301 1 Liv Enemy pinned down. 1
82 82 302 (Fire) 83
83 83 402 555
84 84 202 1 1
85 85 401 2 662
86 86 401 200 2 662
87 87 301 You fire again at the Hetero-Hive Mother. This time it does not pay your bullets no attention like the first time and instead shifts its body when they are about to hit.
88 88 401 2 631
89 89 402 300 631
90 90 301 Like the first time, however, the bullet hits its shell and ricochets to the side, leaving a mark on the wall of the CPF.
91 91 201 1 500301
92 92 301 RImgBg1Shake 1 Hetero-Hive Mother —! 1
93 93 201 1 500026
94 94 301 1 Lee Commandant, I'm ready. 1
95 95 302 Activate it. 96
96 96 301 Lee Roger. 1
97 97 202 1 1
98 98 401 2 558
99 99 401 2 610
100 100 301 With your command, Lee presses the button on the machines nearby.
101 101 301 Ever since you fired your first bullet, Lee has been sneaking to the side and trying to repair those devices.
102 102 301 While the rest of you tried to draw the Hetero-Hive Mother's attention, buying him time.
103 103 301 The mechanical devices buzz, and the Punishing Virus concentration in the area begins to decrease.
104 104 301 The rhythmic contraction of the Hetero-Hive Mother's shell sped up as a reaction to the change.
105 105 301 Every push inward stresses its exterior immensely, giving it a seizure.
106 106 301 But this is not a phenomenon you know about regarding the Hetero-Hive Mother when the Punishing Virus concentration lowers.
107 107 302 ... 112 (Fire) 112
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109 109 401 100 2 662
110 110 401 200 2 662
111 111 401 300 2 662
112 112 301 Your doubt lingers but a moment. The window of opportunity the Gray Ravens have created must be seized, so you hold down the trigger on your gun, aiming not at the shells, but the countless umbilical cords above it.
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114 114 401 100 2 571
115 115 401 200 2 571
116 116 401 300 2 571
117 117 301 They snap, one after another, these wires that upload information from the outside.
118 118 301 The broken ends of the cords start to wilt and pale. The scarlet liquid cannot hold its own weight and spills from the broken cords, dripping over the Hetero-Hive Mother before flowing to the ground.
119 119 302 That's... 120
120 120 301 You notice a hint of black liquid within the redness, coming not from the broken umbilical cords but the pulsating, retracting shells of the Hetero-Hive Mother.
125 125 301 Lucia leaps forward, encompassing the Hetero-Hive Mother with her unbroken, tidal-like strikes.
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127 127 301 Within the glistening reflections, the Hetero-Hive Mother curls up on the ground in a strange position, its shells trembling from the blade and its retraction, as if they are going to be peeled away from the pressure.
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129 129 301 Still, it is lowering its center of gravity, making sure the part underneath the shells does not get hit by Lucia.
130 130 301 Gray Raven has carried out your plan, removing the Hive Mother from its nutrients, ceasing its access to the outside world, and pinning it down. It is just a matter of time before you defeat it and retrieve the samples.
131 131 301 Despite the scale of victory tipping your way, you still cannot shake the uneasiness ever since you entered the Pulia Forest Park Ruins.
132 132 301 Accessing information about the outside world through the Hetero-Sapiens...
133 133 301 Collecting more Punishing Virus than it needs as nutrients...
134 134 301 Rhythmic retraction and the strange liquid...
135 135 301 And its posture, seemingly protecting something underneath.
136 136 301 All the dissonance you have been feeling weaves together around the Hetero-Hive Mother.
137 137 302 Watch out, everyone. 138 The Hive Mother isn't the only enemy here. 138
138 138 201 1 500166 5
139 139 301 1 Lucia ?! 1
140 140 202 1 2 3 1
141 141 301 By the time you realize that, it is too late.
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143 143 301 The Hetero-Hive Mother's body soars up, pulled by the remaining umbilical cords still attached. Lucia's strikes leave a few frightening scars on its shells.
144 144 301 They retract and push continuously, revealing the strange, red structure underneath it.
145 145 301 Black liquid keeps dripping down the red structure. The seizure is getting more intense, but the Hetero-Hive Mother no longer cares about the pain it is feeling.
146 146 301 The revealed red structure bulges outward from the pressure, the shape hidden inside its translucent skin getting clearer and clearer.
147 147 302 A human figure... 148
148 148 301 Your guess is only half correct.
149 149 301 There is indeed more than one enemy from the very beginning. The Hetero-Hive Mother has been hiding something else.
150 150 301 "Children," ready to be born.
151 151 301 If Hetero-Creatures have the concept of childbirth, that is.
152 152 301 AniZhuanchangBegin Two figures break through the edge of the red structure, black liquid spilling around them.
157 157 301 AniZhuanchangEnd With the last drop of liquid emptied, the two figures drop to the ground.
158 158 301 After it has seemingly given birth, the weakened Hetero-Hive Mother is hung mid-air by the remaining umbilical cords, its tentacles swaying in the air from gravity.
159 159 301 Hetero-Hive Mother My... my children...
160 160 301 Everyone grabs hold of their weapons instinctively. The tremendous pressure makes it difficult to breathe.
161 161 301 If the Hetero-Sapiens were imitating humans after the Red Tide devoured them, similar to the projections, then the two before you have transcended imitation. They are crafted and polished, the perfect human-like products.
162 162 301 Their hollow eyes sweep the Gray Ravens, but you do not feel them focusing on you at all.
163 163 301 Their gaze pierces through the crowd and extends toward the species you belong to—humanity.
164 164 301 Unidentified Twin: Male ...Este no es nuestro final. (This is not our final destination.)
165 165 301 Unidentified Twin: Female Rest, my friend.
166 166 301 For some reason, their voices feel oddly familiar to you, as if they were not the ones who were speaking, but someone else.
167 167 301 The man and woman's speech is so far removed from the stuttering of the Hetero-Sapiens. It is clear that they have gathered enough knowledge from the countless Hetero-Sapiens out there in the park.
168 168 301 It has taken them but a dozen seconds from birth to fluent speeches. But their blank expressions tell you that they are still mimicking phrases others have said instead of presenting their own ideas through language.
169 599 301 The urgent situation makes it difficult to think about who they are mimicking.
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171 170 301 RImgBg1Shake The enemies raise their hands, and a strange gush of wind blows past you.
172 171 301 1 AniZhuanchangBegin Hetero-Creatures seem to have evolved to a new height at that moment.
