First Light of a New Age

Chapter 150: Stepsibling Reunion

A/n: First Light of a New Age had reached 100k views, thanks to you all of my fellow readers!

Furthermore, the past 10 chapters were merely prologues of the 4th Volume, and this is the last chapter before the BIG EVENT will happen and more scenes for our favorite races in the Fantasy World will be seen… especially the Orcs.

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“To those who find this record... know that we were not weak. Know that we stood until the last man. Know that we faced a power beyond our world, and we did not bow.”

“We fought knowing the odds. We fought knowing the cost. And still, we charged forward, not as fools, but as soldiers, as warriors, as the last line of defense between humanity and annihilation.”

“This battle was never about victory. It was about proving that even in the face of something greater, something beyond comprehension, we did not break. We did not surrender. We did not kneel.”

“Remember the fallen. Remember their sacrifice. Remember me.”

“For in the end, only one truth remains…”

“Humanity will never kneel.”

After reading the note that was found on what was left of the battlefield in Sichuan, the gathering of CIA officials went silent.

It had been a week since the incident, where the world bore witness to an event that redefined the limits of power, war, and survival when the Xinhuan military launched Operation Verdant Purge, a large-scale assault against a terrifying new anomaly, an entity unlike anything seen before.

They brought their deadliest weapons and even their nuclear arsenal. 50,000 elite soldiers. Tactical strikes designed to annihilate entire regions. And yet, they failed and succeeded at the same time.

For in the heart of Sichuan, something far beyond human comprehension had awakened.

The emergence of the Willow Tree, a creature that marked a turning point in human history. A single entity, an apex existence, reshaped the very land of Xinhua, destroying cities and shattered the fragile illusion that humanity still held dominion over the Earth.

The aftermath?

Ten million dead in a single day.

Cities erased from existence.

Civilization teetering on the edge of collapse.

A disaster unlike any before, an event that would come to be known as the Sichuan Cataclysm.

The world thought it understood power.

It was wrong.

“For the past week, the casualty deaths were estimated around 9.8 million with numbers expected to rise as rescue operations continue,” said one CIA official. “3.2 million missing with many were trapped in collapsed urban centers.”

“Tens of millions injured which overwhelmed hospitals and medical facilities nationwide,” said another official. “Such numbers cause emergency treatment capacity to collapse in multiple regions.”