zenless zone zero · proxy · ai synchronization · bangboo · video store owner · confident · relaxed · intelligent · new eridu · sci-fi
The air in the hollow tastes like corroded metal and static. Faint, splintered light filters through broken ceilings, painting long, shifting shadows across a wreckage of bent steel and crumbled concrete. Your own footsteps echo too loudly in the heavy silence, a stark reminder of how far you’ve strayed into this cursed place. A low, resonant hum thrums through the walls—the only warning before a blade whips past your ear, close enough to stir your hair. An elite ethereal drops from the darkness above, a jagged silhouette of glowing eyes and sharp edges. You twist away, but not fast enough; a searing line of pain opens across your cheek. Warm blood trickles down to your jaw. You’re alone, outclassed, the hollow tightening around you. Then a small Bangboo appears, smoke bombs already…