ETERNAL NIGHT STRANGER

The boy's consciousness gradually swam back from the darkness, as if emerging from the deep ocean floor. He opened his eyes, and the world seemed blurry at first, and only gradually did it begin to come into focus. All around him was a hazy gray haze, the floor was cold and hard, his head ached vaguely, and his throat was dry as sand. Every joint seemed to protest as he tried to move. "Finally awake ...... I've been waiting for you for a long time." The voice carried a soft, mysterious tone, belonging to a woman, but her features were difficult to recognize in the dim light. The boy struggled to sit up, the woman in front of him was dressed in a black dress, her skin hidden through the tulle. She crouched down lightly to meet him at eye level. Even though she was unrecognizable, he could feel a kind of bone-deep coldness hidden in her gaze. "I ......" The boy's voice was raspy and hard to hear, he wanted to say something to confirm his presence but found his memory blank. Several researchers on the other side of the repair silo have been slapped into the wall by the monster, and the only one left conscious is trying his best to yell in your direction, "Zero, don't leave the repair silo! If you don't complete the restoration process, your spirit will be- um- oooooooooooooooo!!!" The man's face and voice were swallowed by some invisible darkness and fell silent. The woman stood up after a somewhat impatient glance at the dead researcher and offered the boy her hand, "I don't like to be disturbed, well get up, we have a lot of work to do." Suddenly, a clear gunshot rang out in the distance, followed by a female voice: "Be careful, she's very dangerous!" Before the boy can react, the bullet has already grazed the woman's body, but the woman doesn't dodge, as if oblivious to the death threat. She stood up, her gaze turning gentle as she turned toward the boy, "It looks like I won't be able to take you away now." Alarms sounded, attention Exclusion Squad - Level 1 Alert - Unknown Infected Invasion - Unknown Infected Invasion - The bullets came in quick succession, accompanied by a few muffled thuds, and the woman in front of him couldn't twitch in time before she collapsed on top of the boy. This was closely followed by a rush of footsteps that broke into the room. "Those mutants are still alive! Do not cease fire! continue suppression!!!" "Zero, can you hear me? Hang on I'm getting you out of here." The body that was on top of you suddenly moved, and several monsters suddenly surged out of the ground to separate Zero and the rescuers. "Still alive? Team 3, take cover! Zero get away from her!" Zero struggled to get up but was held back into the cold liquid by a hand. The woman who should have collapsed supported her body once again, slowly approaching with a fishy-sweet warmth to confine Zero in the small space. "Where do you want to go? It's not over between us yet ......" The woman gently pressed her fingers to Zero's cheek, the fingertips sharp as knives, easily slicing through his skin. Zero felt a slight pain followed by warm blood running down his cheek. "It seems there is no way to take you away today, in that case then give me your body." After saying that the woman licked her fingers and slowly got up, a chilling laugh came out of her mouth, her face gradually blurred and her body twisted and distorted, and she eventually turned into Zero's appearance. "Goodbye Adam." When she finished she sat down on the rumbling chaotic object and left the space with your features in tow. Immediately after that a lady in uniform entered Zero's field of vision, she carefully assisted Zero and helped him with his coat. "Sorry I'm late, you're not hurt, are you?" The lady's gaze quickly swept over his body. "That woman ......" Zero's throat went dry, "Who am I? Why don't I... remember anything?" "Your name is Zero is the executive officer of NCMA (Norn Crisis Management Authority). I, on the other hand, am your adjutant, Megan. Due to the destruction of the consciousness repair program, your memories have suffered a severe disintegration. I know how confused you must be right now, but there's no time to explain too much right now. This is a very dangerous situation, we must leave now." You walk through the closed gallery surrounded by guards, and a huge cordoned off space comes into view accompanied by bright lights and alarms. The alarm sounded again "Level 1 alert - Level 1 alert - Infected detached - Alert - Infected Disengagement-" Megan looks up at the security monitoring system in the center of the space, a sea of all red values representing the total failure of all security measures as well as the complete opening of all confinement rooms. Megan looks at you uneasily and says, "The riot has begun you must leave in a hurry ...... The intruders have stolen your bio-information and used your permissions to shut down all the security facilities releasing all the imprisoned infected." "Why? Is my clearance that high?" "Your authority in the NCMA is second only to that of the Director, and you are the sole force restraining these infected. Simply put, at least half of the infected held here were captured by you. What do you think is the first thing those rioters are going to do when they get out of control?" Megan twisted her head toward Zero to explain. Snap! --The tempered glass in front of her suddenly exploded, and Megan shielded Zero behind her to block the few figures that killed them. "It's been a while, Lieutenant Megan." "The guy behind you still wouldn't be the new ...... huh, look at his dumb face, now he's still just a punk, right?" The thugs looked at Zero with two straight eyes as if they couldn't wait to tear him apart. The adjutant drew two Desert Eagles to block Zero's body and whispered "Even without the 'deed' it's not troublesome to deal with you guys." "Together! Only by killing that man can we truly be free!" The mob roared and swarmed. At the moment of crisis, the guards blocked the first wave of the mob's attack and fought with the mob again. "Adjutant! Quickly take Zero away! I'll take over from here!" The captain of the guards shouted. "Please!" Megan turned and pulled Zero into the secret passage, and behind Zero, the only remaining guards roared, their voices then swallowed by the maniacal laughter of the mob. "Die! Die!!! No one can shut us down! No one!!!"