On the 14th, after grinding solo in daily dungeons, Rita finally reached Level 16.
Meanwhile, chaos erupted worldwide. The sea-dwelling alien armies were advancing toward coastal nations. Eclipse Vanguard began organizing evacuations for non-combatant and non-combat-skilled players while sending high-level players to bolster coastal defenses.
This event had also happened in her previous life, but much later—closer to the year's end. At that time, she was preoccupied with survival, only catching glimpses of updates on the forums. All she remembered was that during the Sea Alien Army Landing Incident, nearly a billion lives were lost globally. Entire islands were seized by the aliens.
Although she had secured the duplicate Fate Out of Sync, the vast unknown of the ocean remained daunting. She couldn't fathom how Eclipse Vanguard would tackle this threat…