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于夜幕之下。
上万辆重装坦克，发出野兽般的轰鸣声。
夜幕降临，天空渐渐黑了，星光像diandsliketinydiandsscatteredacrossthesky.Theairwaselectricwithtensionasthesoundofthunderechoedthroughthevalley,growinglouderwitheachpassingnt.Itwasasiftheverygodstheelvesweregatheringtobearwitnesstoaspectacleofunparalleledscale.
BeforethearesoftheEastlayanunbrokenlineofsteelandfire,anunstoppablejuggernautthatwouldleavenothingbutscorchedearthandshattereddreainitswake.Thebehethsofwar,knowntoallas“TankKing‘sLegion“,vedwithdeliberateslowness,theirtreadaasuredbeatthatseedalst...alsthun.
Eachtankstoodlikeagiantsentinel,itsarrafusionofblackandgreytalthatseedtoabsorbthelightaroundit,kingitallbutinvisiblesaveforthetinysparksthatdancedacrossitshullasitved.Theairwasthickwiththeslloffuel,oil,andske,theacridtangofwhichhungheavyintheairlikeaas.
Andyet,despitetheoverwhelngpresenceofthesechanicalgiants,therewassothingalst...faliarabouttheAsenseofhistory,oftradition,thatlingeredbeneaththesurfacelikeawhisperedsecret.TheEasthadalwaysbeenalandofwarriors,andnowitseedasiftheveryfabricoftheirsocietyhadbeendistilledintothesechines.
TheCoander,perchedatophiscoandcenterlikeakingonhisthrone,gazedoutupontheseaofsteelwitheyesthatburnedlikestarsinthedark.Hewasthesterofthisdoin,theonewhowoulddecidewhetherornottheEastwouldfalltotheWest‘sonslaught.Hishands,stainedwithbloodandsweat,graspedthearofhischairasiftheyghtbeabletoanchorhioreality.