anime illustration. In a futuristic research facility, twelve members of the ECHO部隊 stand in a formal line, presenting a group portrait shot of the elite near-future special operations unit. ECHO-01, the gender-neutral team captain wearing a full-face helmet with a red visor marked ECHO-01 stands in the center foreground. Flanking them are ECHO-02 on the right and ECHO-03 through ECHO-08 on the left in two rows behind, all wearing identical skin-tight white-and-black combat suits with glowing blue seams, chest emblems reading ECHO, and gauntlets labeled ECHO-01 to ECHO-08 respectively. A ninth figure, ECHO-13 the protagonist, stands slightly forward on the captain’s left, helmet also red-visored with ECHO-13 clearly visible. Behind the squad, four massive blue-glowing cultivation pods tower above; further back, a huge wall-mounted hologram displays “ECHO SYSTEM ONLINE” in cold white characters. The environment is sleek and sterile, rendered in shades of white, midnight black, and electric blue under stark overhead lighting. Small hovering screens drift in the distant ceiling space, while a soft cyan glow from the pods and monitors creates stabbing light rays across the otherwise dimly-lit hangar. Tension, discipline, and an impersonal chill pervade the air in a single tight, cinematic frame.