Rheon hovered above the fractured remnants of the global lattice, Shadow Echoes orbiting him like a halo of spectral energy. Even after Lattice Resonance, rogue relic signals flickered faintly across the globe. The System had stabilized what it could—but some nodes resisted integration, pulsing with anomalous energy outside of its jurisdiction. [SYSTEM ALERT: UNAUTHORIZED RELIC SIGNAL DETECTED – BEYOND SYSTEM CONTROL] [Codex Advisory: SIGNAL SOURCE UNKNOWN – THREAT LEVEL: ALPHA-OMEGA] [Predation Instinct: Host Vitality 22%] Rheon traced the signals. Unlike normal rogue relics, these nodes pulsed with purpose, their energy signatures synchronized as though directed by a central intelligence. After cross-referencing global lattice maps, the source coalesced into a single focal region: an abandoned orbital station drifting above Antarctica. Rheon (inner monologue): Beyond System jurisdiction… meaning the Codex can’t fully monitor them. Whoever controls these relics is operating inde

The remnants of the Ashen Codex’s forces rallied atop floating relic platforms, their elite operatives wielding relic weaponry tuned to counter Lattice Resonance. Gravity twisted around them, corridors folded impossibly, and spectral constructs shimmered in fractured timelines. Rheon hovered above the battlefield, Shadow Echoes circling like a halo of predatory light, the Codex thrumming with anticipation. [SYSTEM ALERT: ELITE ASHEN CODEX FORCES DETECTED – ALPHA-OMEGA THREAT] [Codex Advisory: BETA LAYER OUTPUT RECOMMENDED – FRAGMENT RESONANCE ENABLED] [Predation Instinct: Host Vitality 28%] Rheon’s eyes glowed as he surveyed the formation. Each elite operative’s relic field pulsed with adaptive energy designed to counter multi-layered threading. He knew a direct approach would be suicidal. Instead, he initiated Fractal Cascade, a new Codex protocol born from combining Dimensional Threading, Beta Layer resonance, and Fragment Resonance. Rheon (inner monologue): Every field, every

The air shimmered with volatile energy, remnants of the Council’s holographic archive still pulsing through fractured relic nodes. Each node leaked distortions across overlapping realities, tearing at the lattice that Rheon had painstakingly maintained. The System remained unstable, flickering in and out, leaving him with no choice but to thread reality manually. [SYSTEM OFFLINE: CORE FUNCTIONS UNAVAILABLE – HOST MANUAL OVERRIDE REQUIRED] [Codex Advisory: BETA LAYER ACTIVE – FRAGMENT RESONANCE INTEGRATED] [Predation Instinct: Host Vitality 32%] Rheon’s veins glowed faintly as he extended Shadow Echoes into the leaking nodes. Every anomaly he encountered was unpredictable—energy storms, rogue relic fragments, and mutated entities spilling from unstable conduits. Each required precise threading across multiple dimensions to contain. Rheon (inner monologue): If I misthread a single node, it could cascade… shattering reality here and now. Mira’s hands flew across her stabilizers, pr

Rheon crouched atop the fractured spire of a ruined city, eyes glowing faint blue beneath the hood of his shadowed coat. The Beta Layer, now stabilized as Prime Convergence, hummed through his veins like liquid light. Every fractured relic node, every corrupted conduit, pulsed beneath his awareness. [SYSTEM ALERT: BETA LAYER – PRIME CONVERGENCE ACTIVE] [Codex Advisory: DIMENSIONAL THREADING SYNCHRONIZED] [Predation Instinct: Vitality 25%] He extended Shadow Echoes into the atmosphere, fractal threads weaving into invisible latticework. Each thread connected to relic nodes across the world—some dormant, some active, some leaking rogue energy. Through Prime Convergence, he could trace the signatures of human and non-human actors manipulating these nodes. Rheon (inner monologue): The Council is everywhere. They’ve been manipulating relic nodes long before we noticed. Every anomaly, every hybrid… it leads back to them. Mira hovered beside him, stabilizing the threads with temporal b

The air in the fractured city was thick with ozone and the hum of latent relic energy. Rheon’s boots sank into warped concrete, shards of reality protruding like jagged crystals, vibrating with multi-layered resonance. The System’s alerts echoed relentlessly in his mind: [SYSTEM ALERT: MASSIVE SHARDBORNE CONVERGENCE DETECTED] [Codex Advisory: BETA LAYER – PRIME CONVERGENCE ONLINE] [Dimensional Threads: ACTIVE – Multi-Layered Synchronization Required] Rheon extended his Shadow Echoes, fractal threads curling into the fractured streets, probing the convergence below. Energy signatures pulsed from the depths, suggesting the presence of multiple Shardborne nodes clustering into a single unstable nexus. Rheon (inner monologue): This is larger than anything I’ve faced… a convergence that could collapse entire districts if uncontrolled. The lattice has to hold, or the city—and every node connected—will implode. Mira adjusted her temporal stabilizer, sending a pulse of energy through th