Sky Curtain: The Darwin Incident at the outset, the Declaration of the People's League

He deliberately brought along the core members of the Hunters who had helped Mark escape, clearly indicating that he had his own plans.

[As soon as the hunters reached the surface, they encountered the overwhelmingly oppressive Devouring Beasts, which not only possessed the ability to disguise themselves but could also project small Devouring Beasts similar to facehuggers that could spray acid.]

[Even a small one is difficult to deal with for a lighthouse, but these things appear in swarms.]

At this point, the two lines gradually intertwined.

During what was supposed to be a routine shielding tower repair mission, Mark encountered a colossal Devouring Beast. Mydo was severely injured and, on her deathbed, asked Mark to take her life essence with her.

In order to retrieve Madonna's life essence from Mark's spirit seed, Bai Yuekui uses an old-world video game to help Mark train his mind and spirit to their optimal state.

[Afterwards, through the vibrating bowl, Mark entered the multi-dimensional space within the Spirit Seed and discovered that his life essence was actually a child.]

He successfully located and retrieved Maido's life essence.

Surprisingly, he even encountered Ran Bing's life essence at age sixteen in a multidimensional space.

Even more surprisingly, he also discovered the existence of Mana's original form.

When both sides resonate with each other, it affects the beacon of the real world.

After being deprived of control, the lighthouse began to plummet, making an emergency landing just a few hundred meters from the ground at the last moment.

The fresh and delicious life essence on the lighthouse attracted countless Devouring Beasts.

For the sake of the Lighthouse's ultimate survival, Charles authorized Professor Carrie to accelerate the research of Project Abyss.

Meanwhile, the hunters led by 4068 also arrived at Dragonbone Village, which was unaffected by the Mana ecosystem.

[After a round of fighting, both sides suffered casualties, and the battle ended with the capture of the lighthouse's crew.]

Chapter 109

The fierce battle between the Lighthouse Hunters and the Awakened Ones of Dragonbone Village has ended. The team led by Suiying (4068) has been completely defeated, and all members have been captured by the forces of Dragonbone Village.

During the battle, Shattered Star publicly revealed the long-buried truth.

Mark died at the hands of 4068.

[After being exposed, 4068 said that he slit Mark's throat behind his back at the Nirvana Institute entirely because Charles threatened him with 4277's life, and it was not his own intention.]

But Mark remained unmoved by this.

He is different now.

Mark's nonchalant attitude caused 4068 to have a mental breakdown, and he publicly confessed to being manipulated in the past.

His despicable act shocked all the former members of the Wilderness Hunters present. At the same time, the other Wilderness Hunters lost their spirit and completely gave up resistance.

Mark did not pursue the matter further, only leaving behind the words, "Here, we don't look at genes, we only choose how to live," indicating that he had completely let go of past grievances, and 4068's obsession crumbled.

But can we really get through this hurdle?

4068's secret base.

With the encouragement and advice of his two companions, 4068 finally mustered up some courage and decided to go and admit his mistake to Captain Mark.

Although it hasn't happened yet, it's better to be prepared.

Seeing Mark's forgiveness reflected on the screen, 4068 felt a little more at ease.

In the hunters' camp, several veterans stared at their own figures, covered in dust and tied up in a string, on the sky, their faces ashen.

"So we'll go after Captain Mark? And we'll lose?"

Mo Cheng rolled his eyes: "The me on the sky has a pretty standard surrender pose. Can't you find someone more handsome?"

Although it was a bit embarrassing that Mark dislocated my leg in one move.

It's alright, though.

I'm still just as handsome.

Erica whispered, "The important thing is, we've been captured. And it seems like those people on the other side don't take us seriously at all..."

Upon hearing this, all the hunters fell silent.

The scene of their battle had just flashed across the sky.

The various superpowers developed by the other side were impossible to defend against, the most outrageous of which was the ability to directly withstand bullets.

Even with gravity, they are no match.

In comparison, their side is of slightly higher quality; they are all trained and have combat capabilities.

The opposing team has extremely strong individual combat abilities; each soldier is a superb fighter with unpredictable and bizarre skills, capable of taking on multiple opponents at once.

Moreover, it's possible that because the other side has always lived on the ground, their combat experience is much richer than ours.

These creatures that live on the ground... are indeed very strong.

"I never expected that Captain Mark would forgive that guy."

Feixue, who had always been quiet, suddenly spoke up, drawing everyone's attention.

"Exactly, how could Captain Mark forgive that guy so easily?"

"Exactly, if it were me, I'd kill him without hesitation."

"Alright, Captain Mark didn't say anything... Oh, Captain Mark and Lieutenant Ran Bing aren't here."

On the other side, in the corridor leading to the city lord's room.

"Ran Bing, are you... alright?"

Mark was just advising Ran Bing to put aside her romantic feelings for the time being.

What's shown on the screen is one thing, what happens in reality is quite another.

Even if they have feelings for each other, they haven't reached the point of being intimate yet.

But when the screen reached this point, the old story was brought up again. As the scene of Mark's throat being slit was played once more, Ran Bing, who was sitting opposite him, suddenly exuded a dangerous aura.

This made him a little apprehensive.

His intuition told him that this was dangerous.

“It’s alright… Mark, you go find the city lord first, I’ll go to the pigeon coop.”

“Hey, you…”

The roles of offense and defense are reversed.

This time it was Mark's turn to persuade Ran Bing to calm down.

Meanwhile, the lighthouse defenses are under complete collapse.

The lighthouse that made a low-altitude emergency landing attracted a massive number of Devouring Beasts because of the large number of survivors and the extremely high concentration of life essence.

[A large number of Devouring Beasts launched a frenzied attack, and the most experienced Hunter teams were absent, causing the city defense forces to suffer a continuous surge in casualties.]

Commander-in-Chief Hilda ordered a retreat without authorization and was shot dead on the spot by the Light and Shadow Society's war supervisor.

Enraged, the city's defense commander, Sengge, led his men in a coup, massacring the Light and Shadow Society. The old order that had been maintained within the Lighthouse for many years completely collapsed, plunging it into full-blown internal chaos.

[As an aside, this part is actually somewhat controversial]

On one hand, the Light and Shadow Society usually acts arrogantly in front of others, with an arrogant attitude of "how dare you commoners be worthy of being with us," looking down on others and having no popular support. Neither the upper class nor the common people like them.

On the other hand, the commander of the city's defense forces also bears responsibility.

[He had sworn to Charles that he would never let the Devouring Beasts come up, but once the battle with the Devouring Beasts began, the ferocity of the battlefield far exceeded his expectations.]

The city's garrison suffered heavy casualties, and he hesitated, wavering on his decision. Finally, the commander-in-chief gave the order, and he was shot dead.

His anger contained fear of the Devouring Beasts, resentment towards the Light and Shadow Society, and shame for his own incompetence.

The combination of various pressures ultimately led him to launch a coup.

Inside the city defense garrison, the air seemed frozen.

Several soldiers who were cleaning their guns stopped what they were doing at the same time and secretly glanced at Seng, who was standing in front of the command platform.

Sengge himself was ashen-faced, his jaw muscles were taut, and he clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly, as if he was trying to suppress something.

"Will I rebel in the future?"

His voice was squeezed out from between his teeth.

Viktor, holding his mechanical arm, leaned against a pillar and said in a nonchalant tone, "You'll be killing more members of the Light and Shadow Society in the future. Well done."

Seng glared at him: "You fucking—"

Before he could finish speaking, Charles's voice came from the direction of the Dawn Hall. It wasn't loud, but it was clear: "So, the commander of the city defense forces will betray me in the future? Interesting."

Seng's expression turned even uglier.

He didn't refute it, because he himself didn't know if that day would ever come.

Regardless, it will be very difficult for me to continue living like this.

On the other side of the lighthouse, Jingnan risked everything to infiltrate Flynn's laboratory, forcibly access the Kloto system, and successfully obtain the residual consciousness of ASH and core confidential data of the Mana ecosystem.

Surprisingly, she turns out to be Charles's sister! (Or maybe his older sister?)

Jingnan, who was looking at the sky with his legs crossed, suddenly froze on the spot.

Why does she have to be mentioned too?

A young nurse standing nearby finally couldn't help but whisper, "Sister Jingnan... are you and Chairman Charles... related?"

Jingnan snapped out of her daze, put the reagent back on the shelf with a slightly heavier touch than usual, and made a "click" sound.

“We lighthouses are not related. That’s a different timeline in the sky.”

She paused, her tone unusually calm.

After saying that, she got up and left.

But when she turned to leave, her steps were noticeably faster than usual.

She finally stopped at the corner of the corridor, leaned against the wall, and closed her eyes.

The lighthouse faces an existential crisis; everyone is fighting to save themselves.

Meanwhile, things were also not peaceful in Dragonbone Village on the ground.