[Navigate the conflict between both factions and survive. Time remaining: 227 hours 42 minutes.]0

The sky roared as dozens of lightning bolts tore savagely through the air and ripped the sky apart. The world lit up from flash after blinding flash.0

However, the ancient war machines remained unshaken. They avoided the strikes fluidly and effortlessly, without exerting any real power. In this golden-hued world, forty pairs of glowing red eyes burned vividly and unblinkingly, seemingly unaffected by the radiance.0

Those crimson dots blinked in unison. A chill ran down my spine.0

I need to dodge.0

Unfortunately, I couldn’t just dodge randomly. With every move I made, I had to ensure that the aftershocks or glancing blows didn’t strike the climbers behind me. The thought barely formed before I moved.0

I didn’t need to prepare; I was already one with lightning.0

I plunged downward sharply, a streak of blue light carving through the darkness, and the ground surged closer. The mechs continued to pursue me, encircling me as if this were a coordinated hunt.0

Ziiing—0

An unfamiliar sound resonated through the air, cleanly entering my ears. The attack came without warning.0

From their massive eyes, beams of light erupted.0

I twisted and rode the current of lightning, trusting my instincts to carry me.0

Left, right, up, down.0

Dodging forty...0