[08:37pm]
[BREAKING NEWS!]
["Operation Safe Corridor!"]
["Operation Safe Corridor has been launched! This is a record-breaking military operation against terrorist activities as the first joint military operation involving the 4 major powers of the world since the Freegrid Collective’s rise!"]
["Over 5,000 terrorists were reportedly killed during the raid over an hour ago! Thousands of weapons and ammunitions were recovered, reportedly worth over 10 million Neo Credits! At the ti of reporting, 5 E Rank Ascended terrorists have been confird dead, and 4 others are captured and in custody."]
["Led by Commanders, Colonel Goldbridge, Lt. Colonel Sarafin, Colonel Alphonse, and Major Roshfield, the attack was a great success and is the first major outing of Operation Safe Corridor in the West."]
["This operation is sure to reduce the rampant terrorist activities that have been ravaging across the world, especially the West and South in recent years."]
...
BZZZT!
The sound of static reverberated in the background, and then a live video ca to life on a popular TV broadcast.
A female Synth that was dressed in a pristine black suit spoke in front of the cara. The background around her was one of fire and devastation, and the sound and clamor of soldiers could be heard in the background.
"Welco back to Everything Neo-Tokara!"
"My na is Eliora Tebas, and tonight I’m here live in the aftermath of the military operation that just hit multiple hidden bases of the Extremist Movent in the West".
She moved aside to let the cara focus on the rubble. "As you can see, this was one of the hidden underground base of the terrorists".
Then she gestured, letting the cara focus on the dozens of terrorists that were injured and tied up.
"And as you can see, these are the terrorists who were captured alive during tonight’s attack in this base".
"According to the soldiers on ground, the attack was decisive and swift, barely lasting 30 minutes as the terrorists didn’t offer any aningful resistance. This is because there was no D Rank Ascended leading them to resist".
"The only reason why the attack lasted 30 minutes is because accepting their fate, the terrorists resolutely decided to self-sabotage and commit suicide, dying and bringing enemy soldiers down with them".
"Thankfully, this only complicated the mission for the soldiers a bit. The casualties among the joint force is minimal during tonight’s operation".
"I have one of the Commanders of the operation tonight with ".
The cara panned again towards a woman still dressed in a pristine gray suit that was untouched by the rubble, dirt and dust around them.
"Major Roshfield," she said. "Do you have anything to tell the general public?"
The Major stood in front of the cara and nodded. "Since the terrorist activities in Leviathan Quay a few months ago, the Geneforge Clans have vowed to never stop its fight against terrorism".
"So when the call for action ca, we were the first to respond".
"To all those who’ve suffered from the terrorists before, I want you to put your minds to rest now. Tonight, we officially start a full-blown war against terrorism across the world".
"We won’t stop till every single one of their bases is eradicated and till the world is rid of extremists like them".
"Also," her face turned cold. "I’ve never been in support of rehabilitating terrorists, and I will never support it".
"This ssage is to all the superiors of Operation Safe Corridor who are thinking of pushing this narrative, this is my stand and the stand of my soldiers regarding such a motive".
She gestured at the cara to follow her and walked in front of all the injured terrorists that were tied and lined up in a straight line, forced on their knees.
She unstrapped and pulled out her side-arm, a rail pistol.
Then she cocked it and aid at them.
Her brown eyes glead coldly even as her dium-length brown hair waved behind her. "This is for all those who died in Leviathan Quay, both civilians and soldiers".
"This is for all those who’ve died to terrorists across the world".
She pulled the trigger.
Bam... bam... bam...
Major Roshfield killed every single terrorist lined up in cold blood!
She stared at their dead bodies one last ti, then she turned to face the cara again. "This is my stance".
She left.
That night, Major Roshfield’s verbal attack at the superiors behind Operation Safe Corridor and her actions triggered a dia storm.
For most, it was outrage at the so-called superiors pushing for the notion of rehabilitating terrorists.
And while all the dia storm brewed, Ren Nora saw it all but he didn’t pay attention to it.
This was because he was paying attention to sothing else.
...
That sa night in Spire Pri, the capital gacity of the Omnicore Federation...
Standing at the very heart of the city within a massive fenced compound, a massive skyscraper hid in plain sight.
There were other skyscrapers inside the massive fenced compound, but they were just the decoy. At the heart of the compound was a garden, but it was part of the decoy to mask the presence of the skyscraper at its heart.
For years, this skyscraper have been hidden from everyone in the world except the 3 leaders of the Omnicore Federation.
The technology to hide this structure is the latest cutting-edge application of Ghost Line that the Federation research team developed.
Hidden within the ghostly skyscraper, a massive structure stood- surrounded by over a thousand engineers in multiple levels of the building.
The structure was still a work in progress.
It didn’t look like a weapon; at least, not in any traditional sense.
It rose from the center of the facility like a cathedral built for machines: a vast cylindrical chamber carved downward through multiple levels, each ringed with scaffolding, suspended platforms, and lattices of high-density hardware.
Thousands of server cores far beyond anything comrcially available were stacked in vertical arrays, each one linked by thick bundles of fiber and superconductive conduits that pulsed faintly with blue light.
This structure was a project worth over 10 billion Neo Credits!
This wasn’t just infrastructure, it was pressure.
At the heart of the chamber, a suspended core was still taking shape- an intricate sphere of interlocking processing nodes, quantum relays, and psionic amplification coils.
It rotated slowly in zero-gravity suspension, held in place by magnetic fields that humd just below the threshold of hearing.
Every few seconds, a ripple of energy passed through it like a system inhaling then holding its breath.
Engineers moved along the platforms in strict, efficient patterns.
No one spoke unless necessary. Their work was too precise, too dangerous for distraction. One misalignnt in the lattice, one timing error in the signal cascade and the entire system could collapse.
This was not just any machine of technology, this was a trap that was designed to think faster than its prey.
Neural Projection!
BZZZ!
A Synth and an A.I Construct materialized mid-air at the heart of this concealed building.
The mont the engineers saw both of them, they bowed respectfully, then they continued their work.
General Sylvari Charr’s eyes glead as he stared at the work in progress, then he said. "They’re already attacking you online".
Director-Pri Epsilon didn’t budge.
"Let them," he said. "It’s the opinion of dogs".
His gray eyes glead as he looked at the machine coming to life at the heart of the structure. "What do you think?"
Looking at the machine, Sylvari grimaced slightly then his face turned cold. "This is 100 tis more lethal than what trapped 131 years ago".
"Good," Epsilon nodded. "That is exactly what we need".
"3 more weeks..." Sylvari said.
"3 more weeks". Epsilon repeated.
3 more weeks before the completion of the singular most expensive weapon in recorded history.
...
[You’d think that rehabilitating terrorists is bad and unrealistic till you realise that it’s sothing actively being done in my country.]
[Special Appreciation to Yatekudastop, Katcan20, ImperialJadeDragon, Darks4int, and MachaMarvelous for the Golden Tickets. Thanks for the support!]
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