Gaining superpowers by killing those with special abilities? Kill someone with extraordinary powers, and then their abilities transfer to you?

Blake White's mind jolted, and on the monitor of the recovery pod, her heart rate shot up rapidly.

"Abnormal heart rate, abnormal heart rate..." The recovery pod emitted a beeping alarm.

Blake White immediately took several deep breaths to steady her heartbeat. After more than ten seconds, the alarm finally stopped.

She was about to carefully ponder the ruthless profession of the Depriver, but in the next instant, the lights in her room went out.

The metal door opened, and someone entered her hospital room.

Blake White turned her head and looked toward the door through the transparent glass.

Dr. Howard walked in slowly, wiping his glasses, and knocked on the glass cover, smiling at Blake White, "How are you feeling?"

Blake White opened her mouth, about to say, "I think I've lost my memory."

However, Dr. Howard's next action interrupted what Blake White was about to say.

He lifted the lid of the recovery pod, took out a blue chip from his watch, and slipped it into Blake White's hand, lowering his voice, "This is from the organization—they asked me to give it to you."

Blake White: What? What organization, which organization? Make yourself clear!

She sensed something was off. The kindly Dr. Howard in front of her—was he hiding his identity, just like her, a double agent?

Dr. Howard nodded at Blake White, "My clearance isn't high, so I don't have the right to know your mission. For all future operations, if you need anything, you can notify me. I'll do my best to cooperate."

Blake White didn't know how to respond and could only look at him expressionlessly.

"And this—these are the personal details of the person you're currently impersonating. Please read them carefully. Some daily habits are the hardest to imitate and the easiest to give you away. Fortunately, the person you're playing is a new intern, not familiar with anyone, so it's not difficult to take her place." Dr. Howard took out a black chip and a silver-white wristband. "The organization's communicator is here. The higher-ups will contact you through this."

"...Okay," Blake White replied coolly.

The more you say, the more mistakes you make. She decided to keep quiet.

"Sigh, you've really made a huge sacrifice," Dr. Howard sighed. "To keep up the disguise, you even took a hit to the head and voluntarily underwent mechanical modification surgery... Don't worry, that person has already been dealt with by the organization. Her genetic information and life records have all been altered. From now on, you are the patrol security officer 'Blake White' of the Seventh Squad, Field Operations Unit."

After hearing this, a clearer picture formed in Blake White's mind.

The intern security officer in the Investigation Department is also named "Blake White," but this "Security Officer Blake White" was unlucky—replaced and killed by a Mechanical Dawn undercover agent. And Blake White herself has transmigrated into the undercover agent who replaced "Security Officer Blake White"... It's too convoluted!

"There is more than one awakened person in the Investigation Department. The heads of each team and department all have extraordinary abilities. The awakened have all sorts of powers, anything you can imagine," Dr. Howard said. "There's a rumor in the Investigation Department that the head of the Criminal Investigation Team has the ability of 'lie detection.' Please be very careful."

Blake White replied briefly, "Got it."

"All for the Dawn," Dr. Howard said to Blake White with a meaningful look.

That phrase... why does it sound so much like a comrade's manifesto?

Blake White reacted quickly and echoed, "All for the Dawn."

Dr. Howard nodded, full of emotion. "Take care. I have to get to my next surgery... Sigh, when I first started here, I never thought I'd be this busy."

Blake White watched his back until he left.

A strong survival instinct took over Blake White's mind—danger was all around her.

What kind of organization is Mechanical Dawn? They can eliminate someone and replace them without hesitation—no matter how you look at it, they don't seem like good people. Why have they planted undercover agents in the Investigation Department? What is the ultimate goal of the resistance?

Most importantly, Blake White wasn't sure if she could ever leave the Second World and return to the First World. If she was trapped here forever, what would she do?

Blake White took deep breaths again and again to lower her heart rate, so the recovery pod wouldn't sound the abnormal heart rate alarm again.

Her gaze fixed on the three words "Depriver."

If she had any advantage, it was undoubtedly the ability of the "Depriver." This terrifying power was probably her only hope.

Her identity was special—she was walking a tightrope, with an abyss on either side, and danger of falling ahead and behind. What worried Blake White most was that she had no chance to quit.

No double agent ever retires in glory. If she betrayed the Mechanical Dawn organization, would she have a good ending? If she betrayed the Investigation Department, it would be even worse—she was also a top-level wanted criminal.

The price of death made Blake White extremely cautious. Her lonely past had taught her to protect and arm herself.

She pondered for a long, long time, and finally decided to treat this time-traveling adventure as a game—a real game, a game she couldn't lose, a game of life and death.

She had to clear this game, make it to the end, avoid all the bad endings, and reach the happy ending... no matter what it took.

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