Chapter 80 - 80: The Pick-up

One standard cycle, while Kian was in the Sanctum grinding his Psionic focus, the "Star-Crossed Lovers" vox channel crackled to life. Lieutenant Rudolphson's voice came through the static, sounding weary. The soldier who had drunkenly wandered into a minefield was officially "processed." He and his family were being purged from the Mid-Hive registry and would be arriving at the Grand Sump-Lift the following morning.

Kian immediately mobilized his core team. He gathered his five able-bodied men, outfitted them in his newly manufactured Grade-4 Russian-pattern Full Carapace Armor, and handed out the PDF autoguns.

They marched into the Neutral Zone Safe Zone looking like a specialized kill-team—sealed helmets, tactical masks, and reinforced plating. The "Sump-rats" loitering near the pumps saw the heavy-metal silhouette of the Voss Syndicate and scattered into the pipes, terrified of a "Map-Clearing" event.

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