All Chapters of Avid Gamer In The Apocalypse : Chapter 161
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Chapter 155. The Convergence Pulse
A strange, heavy silence that fell across the land like a soft blanket being dropped from the sky. It came without warning, without signal, without any kind of system alert. One moment the world moved as it always did, full of noise and life and the uneven rhythm of a newly reborn reality. And then the very next moment, everything stopped. Every bird froze mid-flight. Every leaf halted in the wind.Every person stood still as if their breath had been stolen. Time itself stopped.Riko was the first to feel it.She had been adjusting the cracked interface plate on her desk, surrounded by wires and blinking lights inside her messy shack. The world outside the window shimmered in its usual imperfect beauty, with clouds drifting unevenly and dust shifting across the ground. She had been muttering to herself about signal drift when she suddenly realized her fingers were no longer moving.Her hand hung in the air. The dust outside stopped mid-swirl. A falling screw she had dropped hovere
Chapter 156. Riko’s Gambit
Riko had never liked crowds. She preferred dusty corners, silent rooms, forgotten networks, and old wires that hummed with secrets. She liked places where the world did not look at her. Places where she could think without interruption. Places where her mind could roam through broken code and strange whispers.But today she stood in the middle of a bustling town square.Hundreds of people moved around her, talking loudly, trading goods, laughing with real voices, living their new imperfect lives. Lanterns hung from wooden poles, flickering unevenly. The air smelled of cooking oil, damp soil, and a distant coming storm.Riko stood in her oversized jacket, hair messy, glasses crooked, clutching a small black device close to her chest.A public anchor terminal stood in the center of the square. Tall. Smooth. Clean. The only remaining piece of the old system still trusted by every town. The glowing screen displayed peaceful images, community messages, and weather predictions that were