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00:00:02Welcome aboard, Employee L091. Please confirm your vital signs.
00:00:07Where am I? I was just at the convenience store.
00:00:10Severe fluctuations in employee consciousness detected.
00:00:13Sinking job duties. You're in Lighthouse Community.
00:00:15You're the night shift gate guard.
00:00:16Lighthouse Community? I've never heard of this place.
00:00:19Lighthouse Community is one of Farewell City's last safe havens.
00:00:23Your job is to check entry credentials and identify disguised aberrations.
00:00:26My gun's gone.
00:00:27Warning. The Holy Barrier is at reduced strength tonight.
00:00:30You must stay inside the guard booth.
00:00:32It's a secondary anchor for the Dawn Holy Barrier and is completely safe.
00:00:36Completely safe? In this goddamn place?
00:00:39Not without a weapon.
00:00:49Evening. You're the new guard, huh?
00:00:51You look a little nervous. First night shift?
00:00:53Show me your ID or your community-issued electronic access card.
00:00:58Come on, loosen up. I'm Ethan. I live in 302.
00:01:00Look how thick this damn fog is. I just got back from a party downtown. I still smell like booze.
00:01:05The resident on file for 302 is Emily Watson, a 34-year-old woman.
00:01:09Oh, she's my landlady. I'm her new tenant. I haven't had a chance to register with management yet.
00:01:14We're all neighbors here. You can make an exception, right?
00:01:17Make an exception?
00:01:17Section 12 of the property rules says visitors without VALID ID can't go past the gate and into the community.
00:01:22Rules can bend. Look at my finger. It's dancing on the glass.
00:01:27Your finger's damaging community property.
00:01:29Just a little hello. The black fog will roll in any minute.
00:01:33You sure you want to lock me out? That's no way to treat a guest.
00:01:36No shadow. His finger can burn through tempered glass. His story doesn't match the database.
00:01:41Last warning. Get back behind the security line now or I'll activate the purification protocol.
00:01:46Purification protocol? That lame holy light stuff? You really don't know how to survive here.
00:01:54If you won't open the door, I'll let myself in. Your heart's pounding so hard. It must taste delicious.
00:01:59Purification protocol's active. You picked the wrong target, monster.
00:02:04You'll regret this. No one turns down a nightmare demon's invitation.
00:02:11The Purification Bureau agent should be on the way by now.
00:02:16Back off! You can't get in!
00:02:17It's no use. This thin glass can't stop me. Give me your fear and I can make your death quick.
00:02:22There's no fear on my battlefield. Just enemies.
00:02:25Those claws had better be faster than the Purification Bureau's containment net.
00:02:28Purification Bureau? They can't save you. I'll have torn your soul to shreds by the time they get here.
00:02:34Just 10% left on the progress bar.
00:02:44Nightmare demon Ethan, the holy light has locked onto you. Stop attacking now or we'll purify you by force.
00:02:50Damn it! How'd they get here so fast?
00:02:53Don't let them get away! Activate the capture net!
00:02:56Bind.
00:02:57Ah! This damn holy light!
00:03:00Ah!
00:03:01Settle down. Your big feast tonight is cancelled.
00:03:05Employee L091. The threat's been neutralized. You reacted fast. You activated the Purification Protocol right on time.
00:03:11Two seconds later and this glass would have shattered. You call this completely safe?
00:03:15It's just a nightmare aberration from the neutral faction IDM17. It feeds on positive human emotions.
00:03:22Under the rules, all it gets is jail time and a fine.
00:03:26He just tried to kill me and that's only a violation?
00:03:29In Farewell, neutral faction aberrations have the right to pay a ransom for their release, as long as they haven't
00:03:34killed anyone.
00:03:37200 credits. What's that buy? A new set of window panes?
00:03:41200 credits gets you a week at a cheap hotel in downtown Farewell or 200 cans of low-grade nutrient
00:03:46paste.
00:03:47Staying alive in this world costs less than I thought.
00:03:49About that jail time you mentioned, will he be held at Purification Bureau headquarters?
00:03:53Yes. Until his backers pay the full ransom.
00:03:57If someone from a hostile faction shows up next time, this roll of tape probably won't even be enough to
00:04:01wrap a corpse.
00:04:02Another one? Busy night.
00:04:08Uneven footsteps. Twice the size of that last guy.
00:04:11Stop! Show me your ID!
00:04:16First layer, second layer. This stuff's barely thicker than paper.
00:04:21Defense rating, 58%. In this world, that probably means this window's useless against any monster with a little muscle.
00:04:28System, report how fast the black fog's moving.
00:04:31Black fog advancing at 3 meters per hour. Holy barrier, energy level stable.
00:04:35Stable. Let's hope your idea of stable holds till dawn.
00:04:39That dream demon, Ethan, was just testing the waters. Real threats usually don't make such a big entrance.
00:04:46You there, approaching the gate. Stop outside the security line.
00:04:51Stop yelling, guard. It's me, Cole. Unit 404.
00:04:56Face the camera, please. I need your full name and where you work for a second identity check.
00:04:59Cole Anderson, night shift fitter at the parts factory outside town.
00:05:03I just spent 16 hours on that damn assembly line.
00:05:05All I care about right now is getting to bed, not your ID checks.
00:05:08The database says you last entered the community 48 hours ago.
00:05:12Have you been at the factory for the past two days?
00:05:18Overtime, okay? All for a few damn credits. Raise the gate already.
00:05:21Please cooperate. First, turn your head 45 degrees to the left and hold for three seconds.
00:05:25This again. Do you guards do anything besides waste people's time?
00:05:34Wait. When he turns his head, something's moving under the skin at the back of his neck.
00:05:41Mr. Cole, did you hurt the back of your neck?
00:05:44There's a big patch of red, swollen bumps.
00:05:47Oh, it's an allergic reaction to iron filings at the factory.
00:05:50Enough talk. Just let me in already.
00:05:52Hold both arms straight out at shoulder height, palms up.
00:05:55Open and close your hands three times. It's standard procedure.
00:05:57Dammit, I said I'm tired. What part of that don't you understand?
00:06:00Scan his vital signs. That's not an allergic reaction. It's something alive.
00:06:04Bioenergy scan in progress.
00:06:06Warning. Hostile life signature detected.
00:06:08Mr. Cole, your biometrics are way off from what's on file.
00:06:11Stay where you are. Hands on your head for a full identity check.
00:06:14Miss Riley, do you really want a good look at what's under the skin?
00:06:20What is that?
00:06:22What?
00:06:29I see it. Can see your fear.
00:06:37Activate purification protocol!
00:06:39Your skin must be so soft!
00:06:43Get back, you monster!
00:06:45He's a many-eyed demon from the enemy faction. He wants to eat me.
00:06:49Come on. Let's see what's tougher. Your claws or my baton?
00:06:54Dammit!
00:06:55You think that little toy can stop a demon?
00:06:58Go ahead and hide, little mouse.
00:07:00Your flesh must taste so much better than those metal shafts.
00:07:04Get out!
00:07:05Ah! My eyes! I'll bite your legs to pieces, one chunk at a time!
00:07:10Its bones are way denser than a human's. The shock of that kick sent my calf into a spasm.
00:07:16Let's see if your teeth can handle it.
00:07:23Hostile D-42 identified. Establishing an extermination field. Lock on with your rifle. Shoot straight through the core.
00:07:29The purification bureau. No. I just wanted to-
00:07:33Begin purification.
00:07:40Kill confirmed. Begin core recovery.
00:07:43A few seconds later and you'd be recovering my core instead.
00:07:46Employee L-9-1, this is your job. Enemy faction aberration, many-eyed demon, ID D-42.
00:07:51150 points? Are you kidding me? That nightmare demon just broke a window and was worth 200? This guy nearly
00:07:57ate me and he's worth less?
00:07:58A nightmare demon's core yields high-purity psychic energy. It's a luxury for the upper class.
00:08:03But a many-eyed demon's core? This thing's full of impurities. All it's good for is the cheapest grade of
00:08:10boiler fuel.
00:08:11So do you? My life's worth less than a bottle of high-purity psychic energy?
00:08:16Everything has a price in Farewell. Think it's unfair? Apply for a transfer to the core district if you survive
00:08:21your probation.
00:08:22The core district? They probably charge you credits just to breathe there.
00:08:37Even the rain smells like rust. Are the clouds here made of metal too?
00:08:43Plant-type aberrations, usually found along the edges of the wastelands. Highly corrosive.
00:08:48If they're not cleared out fast, they can bore through a guard booth floor in three minutes.
00:08:56System, check the glass coating for damage.
00:08:59Coating intact. Recommend enabling defog mode.
00:09:03Turn it on.
00:09:17This is the Lighthouse Community Security Office.
00:09:19If you're a visitor, please step back behind the yellow line and identify yourself.
00:09:23Hey, relax, rookie. I'm not here to steal your job. Just showing a little neighborly love.
00:09:28I'm Lori, the gate guard at Sunset Estates next door.
00:09:32Heard Lighthouse Community finally hired someone, so I came out in the rain just to say hi.
00:09:36Sunset Estates? Your post is three kilometers from here.
00:09:39The handbook says leaving your post without permission while on duty is a serious violation.
00:09:44The handbook? That thing's for dead people.
00:09:47Mine's been propping up a table leg for ages.
00:09:50Come on, open up. This rain eats through skin.
00:09:52You don't want a half-melted neighbor, do you?
00:09:54Whatever you've got to say, say it from there.
00:09:56I don't invite visitors in for coffee.
00:10:00You're a cold one, girl.
00:10:02You know Zoe, the guard before you?
00:10:04She used to run this post.
00:10:05We go way back.
00:10:07We used to have coffee together all the time.
00:10:09I don't know Zoe.
00:10:11I'm just here to do the job I've been assigned.
00:10:19Zoe said the same thing.
00:10:21She always complained that Lighthouse Community was windier than Sunset Estates, and the takeout was terrible.
00:10:27She even spent three hours arguing with the Purification Bureau over a homeless man's ID check.
00:10:32The silver badge in Lori's hand is pulsing.
00:10:34She's testing me.
00:10:35I've been on the job less than 48 hours.
00:10:37I haven't had time to judge the takeout, and I'm even less interested in arguing with the Purification Bureau.
00:10:42That's a shame.
00:10:44Zoe was a good person, but too stubborn.
00:10:46She never understood that surviving in a place like this takes a little flexibility.
00:10:51If by flexibility you mean breaking the rules, I can't agree with that.
00:10:57Rookie, I watched you handle that many-eyed demon earlier.
00:11:00Nice moves.
00:11:01But fighting skills alone won't keep you alive for long in this city.
00:11:08I'm here to teach you a lesson.
00:11:10On the outskirts of Farewell City, credits aren't just pay.
00:11:13They keep you alive.
00:11:14Know why a many-eyed demon's only worth 150 credits?
00:11:17Because its core isn't worth much.
00:11:20That's the official line.
00:11:22The truth is, if you know to dig out its eyes and sell them on the black market, you can
00:11:25make three times as much.
00:11:26That's dealing in contraband.
00:11:29Staying alive is not illegal in this damn place.
00:11:31Occupancy's dropping B Community, so your base pay's gonna keep shrinking.
00:11:33I can fix that for you.
00:11:35I don't need your black market tips.
00:11:36Please leave.
00:11:37Don't make up your mind just yet.
00:11:38Some things you'll never find in that basic field guide of yours.
00:11:41Zoe's death was no accident.
00:11:45Anonymous and message received.
00:11:47Want to know how Zoe really died?
00:11:49How Zoe died?
00:11:51Is this your idea of a mind game, Lori?
00:11:53I know you're watching me, Rookie.
00:11:55Don't be shy.
00:11:56Hiding in your shell won't keep all your secrets safe.
00:11:59I'm not interested in a dead person's secrets.
00:12:01All I know is you're trespassing right now.
00:12:06Breaking the rules?
00:12:07In this city, you have to survive before you get to talk about rules.
00:12:10Zoe used to be just like you.
00:12:12All she cared about was that damn manual.
00:12:14So you killed her.
00:12:15Killed her?
00:12:16No.
00:12:17I just pointed her down a path.
00:12:19It led to her death, but it got me a raise.
00:12:21A five-point bump in your stipend.
00:12:23You destroyed a gatekeeper for that little money?
00:12:26That little money?
00:12:27Rookie?
00:12:28Around here, Five Points buys me two more holy light grenades.
00:12:31It means I'll outlive you when the black mist erupts.
00:12:35Zoe wanted to be a saint, and she even planned to report me for siphoning off holy barrier energy to
00:12:39sell on the black market.
00:12:40That's why I lied to her.
00:12:41I told her the blight zone held herbs capable of strengthening the anchors.
00:12:44She went, and never came back.
00:12:46You're a total lunatic.
00:12:48Say what you want.
00:12:49Now, here's your choice.
00:12:51Give me half your pay every month, and I'll make sure you're safe around here.
00:12:55Sign it, and I'll tell you which aberrations have the most valuable cores.
00:12:58Which monsters you can let into the community to maul those annoying residents to death.
00:13:02We can make a fortune.
00:13:11Take your trash back.
00:13:12I don't need a murder protecting me.
00:13:14Listen, Lori.
00:13:15I don't care how Zoe died.
00:13:17As long as I'm here, you're not taking a single credit from Lighthouse Community.
00:13:24You'll regret this.
00:13:25Around here, things never end well for people who tell me no.
00:13:28The holy barrier will be at its weakest on the night of this month's new moon.
00:13:32By then, hope that ratty army uniform keeps you alive.
00:13:36Get out of my sight.
00:13:39System, flag Lori as a hostile target.
00:13:41Run a deep scan of the entire perimeter.
00:13:43Target flagged.
00:13:44Hostile target Lori has left.
00:13:46Warning.
00:13:46Abnormal bioenergy fluctuations detected at the wall's lower left corner.
00:13:50Another one?
00:13:51Looks like Lori left me a gift.
00:13:53System, cross-check its features.
00:13:55This thing doesn't look like a demon.
00:14:00Searching.
00:14:02Preliminary classification.
00:14:03Plant-type aberration.
00:14:05Highly corrosive.
00:14:06With strong parasitic instincts.
00:14:09Trying to climb over the wall?
00:14:11Too bad.
00:14:12There's no back door here.
00:14:14Come on.
00:14:15Let's see what kind of weed you are.
00:14:19Open the gate.
00:14:20I'm Hank from 502.
00:14:21Got some groceries.
00:14:22It's pouring out here.
00:14:23Hank, grocery shopping this late?
00:14:25Didn't the supermarket close at 10?
00:14:27Convenience store.
00:14:28Stayed open late.
00:14:29Hurry up and open the gate.
00:14:30This bag's heavy.
00:14:32Heavy.
00:14:33Is that because something inside is trying to get out?
00:14:36What did you say?
00:14:38Hank, care to explain all those thorns growing under your raincoat?
00:14:42And the meat in your bag looks like it's still pulsing.
00:14:52Fresh meat.
00:14:53Fresh meat.
00:14:54Fresh blood.
00:14:59Sorry.
00:15:00No buffet here.
00:15:03System, check the acidity.
00:15:05Highly acidic.
00:15:06Contains neurotoxins.
00:15:07Recommend keeping the barrier active.
00:15:09Break.
00:15:10Just break already.
00:15:13This thing runs on primitive hunting instincts.
00:15:17Even its insults are repetitive.
00:15:19No strategy to its attacks.
00:15:22Plant type target.
00:15:23Recommend incineration mode.
00:15:26Fire.
00:15:27It burns.
00:15:28Ah!
00:15:32Core recovered.
00:15:33Employee L91.
00:15:34You stopped it successfully.
00:15:36But low-level plant creatures don't pay much.
00:15:38Low-level aberration.
00:15:39P. Zane successfully eliminated.
00:15:4150 credits?
00:15:42That doesn't even cover the energy I used to turn on the barrier.
00:15:45Plant creatures don't have souls of their own.
00:15:46Their cores can only be refined into basic bio-fertilizer.
00:15:49Want a bigger payout?
00:15:50Pray you run into a high-level demon tomorrow night.
00:15:56Pray I run into a demon?
00:15:58People here are insane.
00:16:05Evening, rookie.
00:16:06Looks like you made a losing deal before.
00:16:08Who are you?
00:16:09If you don't live here, leave the defense zone now.
00:16:12Don't be so cold.
00:16:13I'm Ava, a traveling merchant.
00:16:15I go from community to community.
00:16:16I've got good stuff you won't find in that manual.
00:16:19A merchant?
00:16:19What do you sell in a place like this?
00:16:21Holy water or coffins?
00:16:22I sell a chance to survive.
00:16:25Like upgrade kits that can turn your flimsy little guard booth into a real fortress?
00:16:32This world will eat you alive.
00:16:35That tiny allowance from the Purification Bureau won't be enough to keep you alive.
00:16:45Take a look at these beauties, rookie.
00:16:47They're the only friends you've got out in this wasteland.
00:16:49Bronze tier, 100 points.
00:16:52For cowards who just want a full stomach.
00:16:54Besides expired ration bricks, you'll probably just get moldy energy blocks.
00:16:58Silver tier, 300 points.
00:17:00Get lucky and pull a holy light rune, and it'll keep a demon from chewing your arm off.
00:17:04Sounds like you make your money off other people's severed limbs.
00:17:07I'm running a business, not a charity.
00:17:09Now this one, gold tier.
00:17:12500 points.
00:17:13Inside, you'll find truth that lets you see through disguises,
00:17:16or holy light weapons that can blow an aberration's head apart.
00:17:19Buy it now, and I'll throw in a full guard booth upgrade.
00:17:22500 points?
00:17:23Do I look rich to you?
00:17:24All I've got is 450.
00:17:26Reputation's the only currency that counts.
00:17:27Since you're taking over for Zoe, I can give you a newcomer discount.
00:17:32450 points, and the gold box is yours.
00:17:34Zoe?
00:17:35You know her?
00:17:36Everyone on this defense line knows Zoe.
00:17:38She's a real idealist.
00:17:39But idealism tends to die young around here.
00:17:42What's going on with this world?
00:17:43Why are over a hundred offshoot civilizations all crammed into this one city?
00:17:46Because there's nothing left out there.
00:17:48Over a million people in this city are barely hanging on thanks to the sacred dawn barrier
00:17:51the ancient saints left behind.
00:17:53It's at full strength during the day, so aberrations have to hide like rats.
00:17:56At night it weakens.
00:17:57Then it's all on gate guards like you to hold this gate.
00:17:59So, so I'm the last line of defense?
00:18:02Since that very moment, you've been the only line of defense.
00:18:05If Lighthouse Community falls, the black fog will flood the civilian districts behind it.
00:18:10If I don't upgrade my gear, I won't make it through tomorrow.
00:18:14Deal.
00:18:14Give me the gold box.
00:18:16Now I'm flat broke.
00:18:17I hope that box of yours isn't full of scrap metal.
00:18:24You'll thank me.
00:18:26The upgrade's been activated.
00:18:31Hope you live to see tomorrow.
00:18:33Dead customers don't come back.
00:18:35Hey, wait.
00:18:36How exactly did Zoe die?
00:18:46System, report upgrade progress.
00:18:48Reinforcing Holy Barrier Glass.
00:18:50Reconfiguring Energy Grid.
00:18:52Defense rating increased to 85%.
00:18:54Alright.
00:18:55Let's see what 450 points gets me.
00:19:07Looks like those 450 credits were worth it.
00:19:12This glass could probably take hits from even a high-level parasite for a while now.
00:19:33The field guide's the real prize.
00:19:35In this world, an edge in intel can often do more to keep you alive than bullets.
00:19:47A delivery this late?
00:19:48There's nothing scheduled for Lighthouse Community.
00:19:51Please step back to the red line for identity verification.
00:19:53It's an urgent package for Building 3.
00:19:55The recipients notes they need it right away.
00:19:58Help me out here, sir.
00:20:04Ratman, beastkin class.
00:20:06Low-level disguise.
00:20:08Your shadow's showing.
00:20:09Get back to the wasteland, or I'll cash you in for credits.
00:20:32Just as dangerous, but a soulless construct only gets me five credits?
00:20:47I knew it.
00:20:49Souls are the system's real currency.
00:20:50A self-aware aberration is worth over 20 times as much as a mechanical puppet.
00:20:57Zoe, did you figure out these patterns too?
00:20:59Is that why you decided to go deeper into the wasteland?
00:21:04Whatever you left behind here, I'll uncover the truth behind that door myself.
00:21:13Help!
00:21:14Open the gate!
00:21:15Please, Miss Riley, let me in!
00:21:16Stop there, please.
00:21:17This is the Lighthouse Community boundary.
00:21:19Only residents can enter this late at night.
00:21:21Stay behind the security line and show me your ID.
00:21:23I'm Susan from 601.
00:21:24I was working late on a project at the tech park and missed the last bus.
00:21:28My husband's still waiting at home.
00:21:30He said he made my favorite macaroni tonight.
00:21:32Susan, 28, software engineer.
00:21:34Her husband, David, is home right now.
00:21:35All the information on file matches.
00:21:37I'm exhausted, Miss Riley.
00:21:38I got caught in the rain.
00:21:40My head's pounding, and I think I'm catching a cold.
00:21:42Please, make an exception.
00:21:43I just want to go home.
00:21:45The rain passed right through her.
00:21:46Or rather, that body of hers is repelling the water.
00:21:49Susan, for security, please press your right index finger on the fingerprint scanner to the right of the window.
00:21:54We need to verify your information.
00:21:56Miss Riley, do you really need to look that closely?
00:22:06Why'd you have to see through my act?
00:22:08I just want a warm home.
00:22:10Give it to me!
00:22:15Your home's in a mud pit in the Blightlands, not Beacon Community.
00:22:21Weeping.
00:22:22A spectral aberration.
00:22:24She plays on people's sympathy to trick them into letting her in.
00:22:27Once inside, she drains the entire building of life in an instant.
00:22:40No!
00:22:54System, report the source of that abnormal data.
00:22:57Traces of a disintegrated non-physical entity detected.
00:23:00Reconstructing data.
00:23:01Did that ghost leave this behind?
00:23:03The back end can actually pull an aberration's memories even after it's dead?
00:23:19No!
00:23:20I'm not!
00:23:21I just worked late!
00:23:22I have an entry path!
00:23:25He was just a normal person.
00:23:27His heart rate was normal before the red light locked on.
00:23:29The system scanner got it wrong.
00:23:33These flags.
00:23:34Did the gate guards upload them?
00:23:38One click on this button, even just to play it safe, and that patrol will show up within minutes and
00:23:43kill the target.
00:23:44Even if they're innocent.
00:23:48In this world, a bad call costs more than credit points.
00:23:54Am I deciding who lives and who dies, every minute, every second?
00:24:09The night patrol department, research institute 7, and those shadows that were erased.
00:24:15This city's a lot colder than I thought.
00:24:24I chose this job.
00:24:26Now I've got to hold this line.
00:24:39Hello, Miss Riley.
00:24:41I'm Claire, an exorcist with the Holy Court.
00:24:45I've got an urgent job for you.
00:24:48The Holy Court?
00:24:49I thought you just led prayers and preached in the civilian district.
00:24:53When demons threaten the sacred barrier's stability, the Holy Court has to step in.
00:24:58Three hours ago, there was a containment breach at anomalous life research center 7 outside the city.
00:25:02A parasitic demon escaped.
00:25:05It's a modified specimen, experiment X402.
00:25:08It's evolved some resistance to sunlight and can survive briefly in the shadow.
00:25:11Research Institute 7.
00:25:13That place again.
00:25:21Where is it?
00:25:22And why come to me?
00:25:26It's heading toward Beacon Community.
00:25:28A sudden black fog trapped the retrieval team in the outer ring.
00:25:31They can't get here for at least three days.
00:25:33If it gets into the community and takes a host, an entire apartment building will become a corpse nest within
00:25:38hours.
00:25:38I need your help.
00:25:39Use the guardhouse's defensive barrier as bait to lure it into a holy light trap in the side alley.
00:25:43Once the job's done, I'll pay you a thousand credits on behalf of the Holy Court.
00:25:47A thousand credits?
00:25:48That's enough for a full set of silver tier defense modules.
00:25:51It's own body's fragile.
00:25:52It can only move by possessing a fresh corpse.
00:25:54It's still a juvenile, so its mind isn't fully developed.
00:25:58Its urge to hunt far outweighs its caution.
00:26:03What if the trap fails?
00:26:06The holy light formation will seal off that alley.
00:26:09As long as I'm standing, it's not getting past me.
00:26:12Deal.
00:26:13When do we start setting up?
00:26:18Now, I'll set up a six-pointed star formation at the bend in the alley.
00:26:22You just act like a guard who has no idea what's coming.
00:26:25Draw it closer.
00:26:38System, set the pressure sensors in the side alley to maximum sensitivity.
00:26:43Done.
00:26:43Monitoring covers a 50-meter radius.
00:26:46A parasite can only possess corpses, so it needs a body to launch a physical attack.
00:26:51Here it comes.
00:26:53Claire, the target's in sensor range.
00:26:55Get ready to move.
00:27:00No breathing detected.
00:27:02It's a corpse.
00:27:11It's looking for weak spots in the holy barrier.
00:27:22It took the bait.
00:27:42Claire, it's trying to split.
00:27:47It's feeding on the life force left in that corpse.
00:27:49Riley, help me cut off its power.
00:28:02Riley, help me cut off its power.
00:28:07Is it over?
00:28:08It's body's body's been destroyed.
00:28:10All that's left is its core, right where that corpse's heart was.
00:28:14This thing's worth a thousand credits?
00:28:18That's the test subject's core.
00:28:20It needs to go back to the holy court to be sealed away.
00:28:22You did great, Riley.
00:28:23Target object confirmed.
00:28:25Processing mission payout.
00:28:27It takes time to review the payout.
00:28:30And...
00:28:31And what?
00:28:32This demon's just the beginning.
00:28:34A lot more creatures escaped from that research facility.
00:28:37Looks like I need to speed up my plans to upgrade the guard booth.
00:28:46Mission payout processed.
00:28:48Credits awarded, five.
00:28:52Five credits?
00:28:53Claire, you just promised me a thousand.
00:28:58I'm sorry, Miss Riley.
00:29:00The holy court pays based on the demon's rank.
00:29:03This parasitic demon is highly contagious, but it's still a juvenile.
00:29:08The Institute only lists it as a low-level test subject.
00:29:12I spent half the night on this and nearly died.
00:29:16Is this how the holy court honors its contracts?
00:29:20The Institute's information misled me, too.
00:29:23Miss Riley, please take this as an apology.
00:29:27This is a saint's emblem.
00:29:29Its magic isn't meant for attacks,
00:29:31but it holds the will of a saint's spirit.
00:29:34If you face a high-ranking evil spirit you can't fight off,
00:29:38crush it and shout the saint's prayer.
00:29:41It may summon an avatar of the saint's spirit
00:29:43to block a fatal blow when you need it most.
00:29:50This emblem is worth far more than a thousand credits on the black market.
00:29:54Why give it to me?
00:29:55Isn't this what you exorcists use as a last resort to stay alive?
00:29:58Because I've seen how determined you are to hold this line.
00:30:00Miss Riley, the anchor for Beacon Community's holy barrier is weakening.
00:30:03More and more things will escape from Research Institute 7.
00:30:06You need it more than I do.
00:30:07No wonder aberrations have been showing up more often lately.
00:30:10What kind of experiments are they running at that Institute?
00:30:13They're trying to combine aberration genes to create the perfect evolved one.
00:30:17This demon is just the tip of the iceberg.
00:30:20Miss Riley, remember,
00:30:22don't trust anyone from the Institute.
00:30:25Not even a Purification Bureau agent.
00:30:34Wait!
00:30:36Why are you telling me all this?
00:30:38Because Zoe was my friend too.
00:30:40She'd been investigating Research Institute 7 before she died.
00:30:52Zoe has key evidence, so she has to die.
00:30:55Do they see the gate I'm guarding as another obstacle?
00:30:58I took this shift.
00:30:59I'll defend this gate to the end.
00:31:07System, show me the best defense package I can buy right now.
00:31:11Searching.
00:31:13Recommended first upgrade.
00:31:14Bio-Spectral scanner.
00:31:16I'm 500 credits short.
00:31:18Looks like I need to make a few big deals with Ava.
00:31:21Compass, flame spray, and holy light grenades.
00:31:24That was 300 credits well spent.
00:31:27Bio-Spectral scanner online.
00:31:29Thermal compensation active.
00:31:30Monitoring soul fluctuations.
00:31:42Please stop there.
00:31:43No one here ordered food.
00:31:45Mr. Hank in apartment 601 ordered this.
00:31:48He said the guard would let me in.
00:31:50Mr. Hank moved out of here last week.
00:31:53You've got four baby aberrations hidden in that box.
00:31:56Under the city safety act, I can destroy them on the spot.
00:32:10Unauthorized entry blocked.
00:32:12Reward 10 credits.
00:32:22Miss, I can't find my mom.
00:32:25Mom, can you let me in so I can hide?
00:32:37Your mom is right behind you, five meters away.
00:32:44Disappear right now, or I'll reunite you with her.
00:32:51An aberration that poses as a kid to lure people in.
00:32:55If I'd felt sorry for it and opened the door, this guard booth would be its nursery by now.
00:32:59I've got enough experience, and my gear's coming together, but I still need a stronger weapon, something that can pierce
00:33:05a greater aberrations core.
00:33:08Ava, I hope your goods don't disappoint me this time.
00:33:13Lighthouse community here, I need an eye of truth upgrade kit.
00:33:17We can talk payment in person.
00:33:20Miss Riley, I can't believe how far you've come.
00:33:23Miss Riley, I'll be waiting at our usual spot at 2 a.m.
00:33:25Hi, my voice.
00:33:44Hey kid in the booth.
00:33:45I'm Alex from Oak Ridge Manor.
00:33:47Zoe probably mentioned me before she died.
00:33:51Zoe never mentioned anyone. All she left was a mess and a cursed job.
00:34:01If Zoe had been willing to spend this much upgrading the system, a snake like Lori couldn't have set her
00:34:06up.
00:34:06You know Lori? I know every scumbag on that defense line.
00:34:09Lori has an older cousin at the Purification Bureau.
00:34:11He's been using inside channels to check your shift schedule lately.
00:34:14You cut off his income. He'll be looking for a chance to get even.
00:34:17Inside contacts? Looks like the Purification Bureau's firewall is just for show, too.
00:34:21Don't let your guard down. Lori isn't the real danger. The people backing him are.
00:34:31This is an emergency communicator that links the communities.
00:34:34If there's a mass invasion here, or the Holy Barrier's power drops below the warning level, press it.
00:34:39I'll be here with Oak Ridge's armed squad within ten minutes.
00:34:42Why are you helping me?
00:34:43Because Zoe's death still doesn't add up.
00:34:44Before she died, she found out Research Institute 7 was secretly experimenting on living people to trigger mutations.
00:34:49She hid the evidence somewhere in Lighthouse Community.
00:34:52You're saying Zoe's death wasn't an accident?
00:34:54Lori's just a pawn they put out front.
00:34:56Zoe's evidence was enough to send those lunatics at the Institute to the incinerator.
00:34:59They need a gate guard who follows orders.
00:35:02You don't look like the type to just do as you're told.
00:35:04So now I'm a target, too.
00:35:06Claire actually gave you that.
00:35:08She must really believe in you.
00:35:10Is there something special about this emblem?
00:35:12It lets you see through the disguises of higher-tier aberrations.
00:35:16Zoe always dreamed of having it.
00:35:19Remember, Riley.
00:35:21A gate guard's first rule.
00:35:22Question everything.
00:35:24The evidence Zoe hid.
00:35:26Where could it be?
00:35:27If I were Zoe, where would I put the thing that mattered most?
00:35:35Soul Stealer.
00:35:36That aberration Alex mentioned.
00:35:38The one that can perfectly mimic human memories.
00:35:40Does it really exist?
00:35:43System, build a dedicated Soul Stealer identification model.
00:35:46Model building in progress.
00:35:47Insufficient credits.
00:35:50Leaving your post means becoming prey.
00:35:52No wonder so many guards choose to stay in their booths all year.
00:35:54Do not accept any external supplies.
00:35:59This city offers no gifts.
00:36:01Only disguises.
00:36:02The old man who takes a walk every day?
00:36:04You mean 89-year-old Mr. Arthur?
00:36:09Miss Riley, I'm Arthur's son from room 404.
00:36:12My father went out this afternoon and hasn't come back.
00:36:14The police found his coat near the edge of the blighted zone.
00:36:17Where is he now?
00:36:19They said they found blood.
00:36:20Miss Riley, if someone comes by later pretending to be my father,
00:36:24don't open the door!
00:36:31Miss Riley, I'm so sorry.
00:36:33I took a fall.
00:36:35That's why I'm late getting back.
00:36:36All his details match.
00:36:38His temperature is normal.
00:36:39He even sounds exactly like he always did.
00:36:41Mr. Arthur, please stay where you are.
00:36:42I need to check your biometrics again.
00:36:44Miss Riley,
00:36:45these old bones are freezing.
00:36:48Please let me in.
00:36:50Arthur, why isn't the automated system recognizing your ID card?
00:36:54Maybe it broke when I fell.
00:36:56Miss Riley, look.
00:36:57My hand's bleeding.
00:36:59A 99% match.
00:37:01An almost perfect imitation.
00:37:03If it weren't for that message,
00:37:04I'd have raised the gate already.
00:37:06That's definitely not my dad.
00:37:09Miss Riley,
00:37:10my dad's missing a piece of cartilage in his right ear.
00:37:13It was surgically removed last year.
00:37:19It can even steal memories,
00:37:21but it missed some of his recent medical records.
00:37:23Mr. Arthur,
00:37:24please press your right index finger on the bio sampler on the side.
00:37:28Fingerprints.
00:37:29Didn't you already check those?
00:37:30Miss Riley,
00:37:31I can't hold on much longer.
00:37:33It's protocol, Mr. Arthur.
00:37:35Please cooperate.
00:37:38Miss Riley,
00:37:40why do you have to be so clever?
00:37:48System,
00:37:49call the Purification Bureau.
00:37:50Highest level intrusion alert.
00:37:52So that's a soul stealer.
00:37:53If I'd gone soft for even a second,
00:37:55this guard booth would be at Slaughterhouse by now.
00:38:06That's blight dust.
00:38:07You only find it deep in the blighted zone.
00:38:09Ordinary street dirt doesn't give off that radioactive glow.
00:38:13We have to verify your fingerprints, Mr. Arthur.
00:38:16Please cooperate.
00:38:18Non-human genetic material detected.
00:38:20Genetic sequences are undergoing rapid recombination.
00:38:22I knew it.
00:38:23A soul stealer.
00:38:24It's trying to force itself to mimic Arthur's fingerprints.
00:38:29Miss Riley,
00:38:30you actually called the police.
00:38:33Subject X09,
00:38:34soul stealer.
00:38:35Drop the disguise and submit to Purification.
00:38:37Now!
00:38:56If I'd raise that gate,
00:38:57Building 404 would be Hell on Earth by now.
00:39:18Focus fire!
00:39:19Destroy the core!
00:39:25We stopped it.
00:39:26That's the first soul stealer we've found in this area this month.
00:39:29Miss Riley,
00:39:30you saved a lot of lives by staying alert.
00:39:32What about the real Arthur?
00:39:35At the edge of the blight zone,
00:39:36we only found pieces of his limbs.
00:39:38These things eat their victim's brain tissue first to steal their memories.
00:39:43A soft heart is a night guard's deadliest weakness.
00:39:46In this world,
00:39:47going soft on aberrations means being cruel to the residents.
00:39:55How's it going?
00:39:56I should be getting something for those credits I paid by now.
00:39:58Don't worry, Miss Laurie.
00:39:59The priority settings for Beacon Community's distress calls have been changed.
00:40:02Unless it's a red alert for a total collapse of the sacred barrier,
00:40:05regular yellow and purple calls will stay on hold in an endless loop.
00:40:09Good.
00:40:10Riley thinks she's so important.
00:40:12I'll show her what happens when you cross the wrong people in Farewell.
00:40:14It's worse than dying in an aberration's jaws.
00:40:17I put a fake property maintenance order in the system,
00:40:19just like you asked.
00:40:20That high-level demon from the black market is already on its way.
00:40:22Let's see how long that ex-soldier lasts in that cursed guard booth with no backup.
00:40:35Good evening, Miss Riley.
00:40:36I'm Carl, dispatched by Property Management.
00:40:39I didn't put in a repair request.
00:40:41Couldn't tell you.
00:40:42Maybe the monitoring system in the main control room generated it automatically.
00:40:48If he works on wiring, he should have grease or metal shavings under his nails.
00:40:52Not this thick red liquid.
00:40:54Mr. Carl, please show me the property supervisor's authorization code again.
00:40:58I need to verify it a second time.
00:41:01Authorization code?
00:41:02Didn't that already sync with the system?
00:41:06Sorry, rules are rules.
00:41:08I need to hear the supervisor confirm it personally.
00:41:21System switch to the backup emergency frequency.
00:41:24Heavy electromagnetic interference on the backup frequency.
00:41:28Unable to connect.
00:41:31Don't bother, Miss Riley.
00:41:34Miss Riley, no one will hear you.
00:41:40Miss Lori sends her regards.
00:41:42She says the nights here are long.
00:41:44You'll love this gift.
00:41:50A high-level demon.
00:41:52Lori had the nerve to lure an aberration this powerful right to the community gates.
00:41:58No one's coming to save me.
00:42:01I'll hold this door myself.
00:42:09System, force a connection to the Purification Bureau's civilian channel.
00:42:13Channel locked with a high-level access key.
00:42:16Access denied.
00:42:17The guard booth's holy barrier has 65% power remaining.
00:42:22Lori didn't just pay off the dispatcher.
00:42:24She got access to the communications base station, too.
00:42:31The guard booth's holy barrier has 65% power remaining.
00:42:34Miss Riley, your colleagues are in the office drinking coffee.
00:42:38No one's going to notice what happens here.
00:42:43Open the gate and I'll make your death quick.
00:42:45If you keep hiding in that metal shell, I'll tear through the barrier and crush every bone in your body,
00:42:50one by one.
00:42:54You run your mouth more than those low-level crawlers.
00:43:09No.
00:43:10The holy light in this isn't pure enough to pierce a greater demon's thick hide.
00:43:13It'll just make it angry.
00:43:15Claire, I hope everything you told me is true.
00:43:18Warning.
00:43:19The holy barrier has sustained 80% structural damage.
00:43:22Total collapse expected in 10 seconds.
00:43:25In the saint's name, I call upon the spirit to descend and banish all darkness before me.
00:43:42The light!
00:43:43It burns!
00:43:47Your reign ends tonight, fiend.
00:44:03System, lock onto the residual energy from the demon's shattered core.
00:44:07Now, scan for a guidance imprint.
00:44:09Comparing wavelengths.
00:44:10Abnormal guidance frequency detected.
00:44:13Source code LR0992.
00:44:16Lori, you've crossed the line.
00:44:27Gatekeeper Lori, you are suspected of deliberately sending a high-level aberration to attack a colleague and bribing a dispatcher
00:44:33to interfere with public defense.
00:44:35Under Article 17 of the City Guard Act, you'll lose all your credits for this month and remain on duty
00:44:39during a three-month probation period.
00:44:41No, that's impossible.
00:44:43How could Riley have survived?
00:44:44You also have 24 hours to submit a detailed written self-critique of at least sentient words and publicly apologize
00:44:50on the community-wide broadcast channel.
00:44:52The dispatcher involved has already been removed from duty.
00:44:55Effective immediately.
00:45:02Just like that, there goes one of my lifelines.
00:45:17Next time, you won't get to have someone else do your killing.
00:45:25Good evening, Miss Riley.
00:45:27I hear your recent maintenance check was quite a scare.
00:45:31You always get the news before the official reports come out.
00:45:34This is the Eye of Truth.
00:45:36Put it on, and you will see through the disguise of most mid-tier aberrants.
00:45:40It can even detect ethereal beings that are cloaked.
00:45:42It is also capable of gauging the intensity of soul fluctuations.
00:45:46Name your price.
00:45:473,000 credits.
00:45:503,000?
00:45:51I couldn't save that much even after three months guarding this place.
00:45:55Since you're Zoe's friend, I can meet you halfway.
00:45:59Nothing comes free, especially not from Ava.
00:46:02A box truck will come through your checkpoint at three tomorrow morning.
00:46:05Just run the usual checks and make sure it gets into the unloading area inside the community without any trouble.
00:46:11What's in the truck?
00:46:12Special supplies some residents ordered.
00:46:15Do me this favor, and I'll knock off a thousand credits.
00:46:17You can pay the remaining 2,000 in installments over three months.
00:46:21No interest.
00:46:22If you're offering that much, I'm guessing those special supplies aren't on the Purification Bureau's list of banned goods.
00:46:31Without the eye of truth, I'll never know where the next disguise will come from.
00:46:37I need to check the cargo area.
00:46:40Of course.
00:46:40You're in charge here.
00:46:42As long as your scan says ordinary household supplies, we've got a deal.
00:46:46Deal.
00:46:47Tomorrow at three in the morning.
00:46:49Smart choice, Miss Riley.
00:46:50Miss Riley, you've adjusted to this world's rules better than I expected.
00:47:01Zoe, if you were in my shoes, would you compromise to hold the line?
00:47:08Everything's just as we agreed, Miss Riley.
00:47:10Check it as thoroughly as you like.
00:47:18Start the X-ray spectral scan.
00:47:20Penetrating scan in progress.
00:47:22Contents confirmed as carbon-based, household supplies, and inert fuel.
00:47:26No high-energy radioactive materials detected.
00:47:29These aren't household supplies.
00:47:31Whatever's inside is breathing.
00:47:32Just slowly.
00:47:53A very professional inspection, Miss Riley.
00:47:56You've earned this.
00:47:58Are those captured low-level aberrations in the truck?
00:48:01That's right.
00:48:01They're headed to Anomalous Biology Research Center 7.
00:48:04The researchers need fresh raw material to test a new serum that strengthens the holy barrier.
00:48:09So I just personally sent a bunch of monsters into a human-run lab?
00:48:13I'm a businesswoman, Miss Riley.
00:48:15I supply you gate guards with survival gear, and the lab with raw material for experiments.
00:48:20No side in this world has clean hands.
00:48:22To them, killing other species is just business.
00:48:25The lab's experiments are a dirty secret.
00:48:28But those detectors you've got, even your holy barrier generator, they were all developed by dissecting aberrations.
00:48:35There won't be another deal like this.
00:48:37Ever.
00:48:38Suit yourself.
00:48:39But remember, next time your life's on the line, you'll see that a merchant's goods are still the only things
00:48:43you can really count on.
00:48:47Now that I've got the truth, let's see how many dirty secrets are still hiding in this darkness.
00:48:54Miss Riley, you seem to see everything in black and white.
00:48:57But in Farewell, survival often rests on morally gray foundations.
00:49:01Sending living beings to the dissection table?
00:49:04That kind of foundation disgusts me.
00:49:06Those lunatics at the Institute are pushing ethical limits.
00:49:10They're forcing DNA from aberrations into fertilized human eggs, trying to create the perfect hybrid.
00:49:15Hybrids? That means they're manufacturing human mimics.
00:49:17You have to admit, without those experiments, none of it would exist.
00:49:20Your eye of truth, the energy circuits under your feet, even the saint's emblem you just used to drive that
00:49:24demon back.
00:49:25We're all using darkness to keep ourselves alive.
00:49:27I helped you because I need the power to guard this gate.
00:49:30That doesn't mean I approve of your business.
00:49:33From now on, we only trade gear.
00:49:35For those shady side jobs, you'd better find someone like Lori.
00:49:39I like your honesty, Miss Riley.
00:49:41On this front line, people with principles always die sooner.
00:49:44But their lives mean more.
00:49:46Someday you'll understand what I'm telling you.
00:49:48You'll find out the human leaders you're risking your life to protect
00:49:51are greedier and more twisted than those aberrations.
00:50:07I crossed a line, but now I really can spot enemies farther away.
00:50:30What was that noise?
00:50:32Emergency alert.
00:50:33Emergency alert.
00:50:34A massive explosion has hit anomalous life research center number seven.
00:50:38Its holy barrier generator has been completely destroyed.
00:50:42So it's finally here.
00:50:53Open the gate!
00:50:54Help!
00:50:54The research center blew up!
00:50:56There are monsters everywhere!
00:50:57Please let me in!
00:51:02Target confirmed.
00:51:03Non-human.
00:51:04Stop or I'll take you out on the spot.
00:51:09All lines are busy.
00:51:11Every Purification Bureau agent has been sent to Community One.
00:51:14Lighthouse, you must hold the line.
00:51:16Calling for help won't do any good now.
00:51:18I'm on my own here tonight.
00:51:30Come on.
00:51:31If you think you're getting past me, I picked the wrong gate.
00:51:40The 17th wave has been successfully intercepted.
00:51:43Current barrier strength, 22%.
00:51:45Immediate energy core replenishment recommended.
00:51:48Push in the last two backup cores.
00:51:56Help me!
00:51:57Somebody help!
00:52:0430 meters outside the perimeter.
00:52:06That's the Blight Zone.
00:52:14Guard rule three.
00:52:15Unless it's shift change, don't leave the booth safe zone without authorization.
00:52:21Screw the rules.
00:52:26Get down!
00:52:35Move!
00:52:35Run to the guard booth!
00:52:43Damn it!
00:52:48This trap was designed just for me.
00:52:50They even simulated how I'd react to someone in trouble.
00:52:54No!
00:52:57No!
00:53:00No!
00:53:01No!
00:53:03No!
00:53:04No!
00:53:04No!
00:53:05No!
00:53:05No!
00:53:05No!
00:53:06No!
00:53:07No!
00:53:07No!
00:53:19No!
00:53:21No!
00:53:25No!
00:53:27No!
00:53:33the last wave of greater aberrations is here system connect every remaining backup battery
00:53:38to the main circuit connecting backup batteries at 15 estimated holy barrier duration 320 seconds
00:53:47a greater aberration is that the one in charge around here
00:54:02if the sacred barrier breaks here the aberrations will completely assimilate the 700 plus households
00:54:07behind me within three minutes all units this is riley gate security i'm following the last rule
00:54:13in the guards code if this guardhouse goes down i go with it
00:54:33alex what are you doing here isn't oak rich in trouble too team two's holding it riley headquarters
00:54:39ordered a full retreat but we've already lost the signals from sunset estates and community three
00:54:44there's nothing left of laurie's guard post when i got there all i saw was wreckage everywhere
00:54:49all of sunset estates it's a dead zone now laurie so that greedy guy couldn't hold the gate after all
00:54:55yours is the only sacred barrier anchor left around here if lighthouse community falls
00:54:59those monsters will charge straight into the civilian neighborhoods downtowns
00:55:10then we hold here alex three mid-tier parasites at two o'clock they're trying to dig into the guardhouse
00:55:16foundation
00:55:20copy
00:55:28left flank weak point at the cervical spine
00:55:33three o'clock the one with the extra limbs aim for the core
00:56:01you did it riley you held one of the city's gates
00:56:18during the recent blight tide battle beacon community guardian riley held the post alone
00:56:23riley fought off 17 waves of greater aberrations protecting the last anchor point on the city's edge
00:56:30headquarters has decided to promote riley to guardian first class
00:56:34award 3 000 credits and grant access to top secret files
00:56:44protecting the city is my duty
00:56:51identity confirmed
00:56:53identity confirmed class one guardian riley searching top secret archives
00:57:00zoe let's see what you died for out in the flight zone
00:57:06specimen x07's rejection response is dropping if the aberrant genes fuse successfully we can create
00:57:12soldiers who can walk freely in sunlight turning humans into aberrations they're not saving lives
00:57:17they're making monsters they're experimenting on living people for their so-called assimilation
00:57:31institute 7 the purification bureau's top brass even city council members these people in power have
00:57:37completely given up being human so this is their idea of keeping our species alive
00:57:41treating civilians as expendable and aberrations as the next step in our evolution
00:57:56zoe what the hell happened to you back then
00:58:01why didn't you even send a distress signal
00:58:08the old station it's one of the most contaminated places in the blight zone
00:58:13zoe had to know how dangerous it was unless she trusted whoever was coming to get her
00:58:32zoe relax it's me laurie
00:58:35the inspector's office got held up in a last-minute meeting with the higher-up
00:58:38laurie
00:58:40why are you here
00:58:43this isn't the handoff protocol
00:58:46this is an emergency forget protocol
00:58:49the institute knows the data was stolen
00:58:51their kill team is right behind me
00:58:53quickly give it to me
00:58:55i'll take you through the backup route underground
00:59:11sorry zoe the institute offered me double credits for three months plus a job downtown
00:59:17i couldn't turn that down
00:59:40the old station that wasn't a pickup point it was a graveyard they picked out
00:59:47laurie you sent people you worked with every day straight to hell for a few credits
01:00:05these are my talismans and your ticket to hell
01:00:18guard laurie you're now under investigation for your connection to the missing illegal experiment data the purification bureau's inspectorate will
01:00:25arrive at sunset manor in two hours to take you in for questioning
01:00:30summoned after all the dirty work i've done for you now you want to dump me and make me your
01:00:33scapegoat
01:00:34we're just following procedure cooperate with the investigation and you may still have a chance
01:00:39a chance once i'm in the inspectorate's interrogation room i won't live to see another day
01:00:45you turned on me don't blame me for returning the favor
01:00:56once i open the gates and let those monsters in this place will be rubble
01:00:59the evidence will be gone and the purification bureau will be too busy dealing with the disaster to investigate me
01:01:05come on you want this territory don't you i'll open the gates just help me get rid of that bastard
01:01:11riley
01:01:14go attack vegan community i'm your ally i have the control room
01:01:26stop i order you to stop we have a deal
01:01:36alert the holy barrier at neighboring sunset estates has collapsed
01:01:40lori what has that lunatic done that's the resident screaming sunset estates has fallen
01:01:46now beacon community is the last outpost left on this defense line
01:01:50turn on every light activate the holy light fence no one's getting through this gate tonight
01:02:00this is lori's doing she destroyed the most secure shelter in the area herself
01:02:05just to dodge an investigation
01:02:11she thought she could make a deal with aberrations
01:02:14she forgot those things don't even understand what a contract is
01:02:25she died believing that badge could help her tell if a monster was telling the truth
01:02:29that's what happens to traitors riley the holy barrier anchor at sunset estates is completely wrecked
01:02:33no one can live here anymore losing that one anchor means the blight zone has pushed another five
01:02:37kilometers toward the city center
01:02:42notify headquarters activate emergency relocation procedures
01:02:45move every survivor from sunset estates to beacon community
01:03:01miss is our home gone
01:03:06as long as you're alive anywhere can be home
01:03:09go to beacon community
01:03:11i guard the gate there
01:03:24the strain on beacon community will trouble all at once
01:03:27our energy reserves and supplies won't last long
01:03:30resources aren't our biggest problem
01:03:31we're losing anchor points
01:03:33and the whole holy barrier is weakening fast
01:03:35ask hq to double our credit allocation
01:03:38if beacon community falls
01:03:39farewell's entire outer defense line goes with it
01:03:51this is an even bigger mess than i thought
01:04:00this war's only just begun
01:04:03zoe what would you do in my place
01:04:10stop right there
01:04:11this is lighthouse community
01:04:12non-residents aren't allowed near here this late at night
01:04:14i'm not here for shelter guardian riley
01:04:16i'm returning a few things that belong to this guard booth
01:04:19she knows my name
01:04:20i'm mona
01:04:21i'm a scholar studying the dawn sacred barrier
01:04:23i've lived in seclusion deep inside this community for 12 years
01:04:26a scholar
01:04:27i've never seen your name on the purification bureau's list of experts
01:04:30that's because i'm zoe's secret advisor
01:04:32the night before what happened to her
01:04:34we were still discussing why the anchors were losing energy
01:04:40you said you're zoe's advisor so you should know what she was looking into most recently
01:04:43she wasn't just investigating the institute's conspiracy
01:04:46she was trying to save a world that's falling apart
01:04:49guardian riley do you think this barrier will last forever
01:04:54i always thought the sacred barrier could last forever
01:04:56as long as it had enough power
01:04:58the dawn sacred barrier isn't a gift from god
01:05:01it's a precise but fragile energy cycle
01:05:04its core energy has been slowly weakening for almost a century
01:05:08greater aberrations are becoming more active
01:05:10so you're saying
01:05:11sooner or later the sacred barrier will shut down completely
01:05:14yes
01:05:15that's why the conservatives at the top are so desperate to run experiments on turning people into aberrations
01:05:19they know how this ends
01:05:21they want to turn themselves into the things outside the wall before it falls
01:05:25so they killed their own kind first just to survive
01:05:27when a gate guard holds their post
01:05:28their willpower and system credits act as catalysts to keep the anchor stable
01:05:32if the guard is killed and no one takes over
01:05:34the anchor collapses instantly just like at sunset manor
01:05:41zoe didn't die in an accident
01:05:43she died defending this line
01:05:45zoe found a way to reinforce the anchor
01:05:49she believed we could reverse an aberrations core energy
01:05:52and use it to recharge the sacred barrier
01:05:55use the enemy's power to strengthen our own shield
01:05:58that sounds crazy
01:06:00crazy
01:06:01but it works
01:06:02zoe had already done most of the research
01:06:05all her lab notes and samples are hidden in this guard booth
01:06:10i've been here all this time and i've never found any notes
01:06:13zoe designed that hidden compartment herself
01:06:16it won't activate until you've accepted this guard booth as your own
01:06:20and proven you're serious about protecting it
01:06:24so
01:06:29so
01:06:38so
01:06:39so
01:06:44so
01:06:46so
01:06:46so
01:06:46so
01:07:00so
01:07:00so
01:07:00would you hide all this here for someone willing to take over
01:07:13so
01:07:14so
01:07:15so
01:07:17so
01:07:18so
01:07:29so
01:07:29so
01:07:30so
01:07:34so
01:07:41so
01:07:50so
01:07:55so
01:07:56so
01:08:00zoe your theory was right we really can use these monsters power as our shield
01:08:17now
01:08:17even if the overlord comes here itself
01:08:19it won't break through so easily
01:08:27riley
01:08:27riley you've been staring at that screen for 16 hours straight
01:08:30get some rest or you'll crack before the holy barrier does
01:08:34i can't sleep
01:08:36every time i close my eyes the alarm goes off within three minutes
01:08:39these aberrations are trying to wear us down
01:08:41that's mother's usual trick
01:08:42she won't send in all her troops at once
01:08:44she wears you down and drains your power reserves a little at a time
01:08:47i know but if i don't keep watch we'll have gaps in our defenses
01:08:50zoe's algorithm needs someone making adjustments in real time
01:08:53that overlord
01:08:55she's already got her sights on this place
01:08:57she's been watching from behind the black fog
01:09:01i can feel the hate in her stare
01:09:06guard
01:09:06why did the alarm go off seven times last night
01:09:09we couldn't get any sleep
01:09:11is this the safe zone you promised us
01:09:13don't feel safe here
01:09:15the gate's right there
01:09:16you're free to leave anytime
01:09:18but if you stay
01:09:20you'll have to live with what it takes to stay alive
01:09:25everyone's on the verge of breaking
01:09:27mother doesn't need to lift a finger
01:09:30she just has to let the fear spread here
01:09:47warning unknown frequency interference at the western barrier
01:09:49energy is draining at an abnormal rate
01:09:54mother of lies
01:09:55you've finally decided to show yourself
01:10:01she's trying to get into my mind
01:10:02she's looking for what scares me
01:10:04she's looking for what scares me
01:10:07she's looking for what scares me
01:10:10she's looking for what scares me
01:10:26guardian first class riley
01:10:28headquarters sent our team to inspect anchor performance
01:10:30beacon community's holy barrier has had unusual energy fluctuations lately
01:10:34we need access to the guard booth for a full system audit
01:10:36headquarters didn't notify me
01:10:38protocol requires three hours notice with level two encryption
01:10:40even for surprise inspections
01:10:42this is an emergency
01:10:43interference from the blighted zone has already knocked out some standard communication channels
01:10:47refuse to cooperate and it'll count as dereliction of duty
01:10:52guardian riley
01:10:53guardian riley what's the hold up
01:10:54are you hiding something in that guard booth you don't want us to see
01:10:56i'm just checking your employee id number
01:10:58the blighted zone can mimic anything these days
01:11:12guard riley you think seeing through my disguise means you've won that gate you're guarding is a grave it is
01:11:19your grave there's no point holding your ground the purification bureau's leaders have already sold you out they're building a
01:11:27new lab in the ruins of sunset mantor you're just
01:11:30bait they're using to draw the blight zones attention
01:11:34she's trying to break down my defenses
01:11:36then let them come collect the bodies
01:11:38but first i'll burn you to ash you rotting hunk of flesh
01:11:51that was just the first wave of mind games
01:11:54she knows i saw through her disguise
01:11:56so she'll try something more direct to destroy me
01:12:10zoe
01:12:11that's impossible
01:12:12riley
01:12:13death isn't the end
01:12:15the blight zone took me in
01:12:17it gave me a new life
01:12:21has the eye of truth stopped working
01:12:23or has mother's mimicry gotten so good it can fool the rules themselves
01:12:35riley stop guarding this cold room
01:12:37you think you're saving the world
01:12:38this line you're defending is slowly eating you alive
01:12:42i'm protecting humanity
01:12:44you know how i died
01:12:46it wasn't an aberration's claws or teeth the people i protected betrayed me
01:12:50people running the purification bureau have been treating us like disposable filters all along
01:12:55riley
01:12:55you're not from this world
01:12:58the higher ups used ancient relics to drag you here against your will
01:13:01to them you're just disposable fuel
01:13:03they need a soul with a soldier's discipline
01:13:05someone willing to sacrifice themselves to power the holy barrier
01:13:08once you've bled your last drop they'll just bring in your replacement
01:13:11shut up
01:13:12you're not zoe
01:13:14she'd never say that
01:13:15i am zoe riley
01:13:18i'm warning you not to end up like me
01:13:20let go of that control lever and come with me
01:13:22the blighted zone isn't as scary as you think
01:13:25you can be truly free there
01:13:28if it's all a lie
01:13:30why should i die for people i don't even know
01:13:32someone has to stand guard at this door
01:13:35zoe really is dead
01:13:37she was still clutching the truth in her hand when she died
01:13:40you copied her face and her voice
01:13:43but you'll never have her back bound
01:13:46zoe knew in her bones there are lines humanity must never cross
01:14:03you'll regret this riley i'll make you watch this community burn to ashes
01:14:12bring it on you're not setting foot in here while i'm still standing
01:14:25system run the ultimate protocol in zoe's notes
01:14:28pour every credit i've got left into the core
01:14:30executing credit balance zero anchor output increased to 300
01:14:34warning core temperature rising rapidly
01:14:37from her
01:14:50work
01:15:05from her
01:15:07Zoe left you one last gift, the purifying blade, for this gate.
01:15:27Guard Riley, do you have any idea what you're doing? You've destroyed humanity's last hope of survival.
01:15:33I don't know about the last hope. All I know is I kept the gate safe on my shift.
01:15:43Officer Riley, his pupils seem to be reacting a tenth of a second too slowly.
01:15:48That's normal when someone's tired. Check his temperature again.
01:15:51Remember, in this room, you're humanity's last line of defense.