Onslaught: The War With China - The Opening Battle

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The tiny, pale, crab-like animal had hatched only hours before. It scurried about a world it barely sensed. Tendrils of weed. Cool water, seething with microscopic prey. And arching above, a scatter of stars. The crab clambered here and there, fearful and greedy, grasping and eating. With only the faintest stirrings of thought.

Until it dimly felt some distant change. A high-pitched vibration, trilling through the translucent sea. It peered nearsightedly around, then returned to its instinctive seeking.

A shadow neared. The crab-thing paused again, eyestalks waving frantically.

A gentle wave lifted the sprig it perched on. It tensed. Sensing danger, yet not knowing what it feared.

An immense column of gray steel tore the universe apart, tumbling the creature over and over in a seething froth. It beat at the unsupporting sea with segmented legs, helpless in a hissing green.

Until something silver flashed in the darkness…

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