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As Europe attempted to piece together the reality of Russia's situation, alarming accounts emerged of entire villages and towns being abandoned. Unsettling reports of strange creatures prompted fears that secretive experiments were taking place. However, what was to unfold was far beyond the realm of human-made horrors.
The Emergence of the Chimera
When war eventually erupted, the true nature of the Chimera—strange, horrific beings—was revealed. Contrary to the expectations that these entities might be biological constructs of Russian experiments, the Chimera were extraterrestrial beings that had arrived not to conquer but to eradicate humanity. The ensuing conflict, known as the Chimeran War, would not merely determine national dominance, but rather the very survival of humanity.