Jason dropped through the glowing hole, falling so long he began to lose count of the seconds. Wind and light roared around him like a storm trapped in a tunnel. Then, suddenly—silence.He hit the ground hard but somehow didn’t break. The floor beneath him glowed faint blue, like a river of frozen lightning. He looked up and saw the hole he came from had sealed itself. He was trapped.> SYSTEM NOTICE: LOCATION—THE CORE BELOWACCESS LEVEL—RESTRICTEDTHREAT LEVEL—UNKNOWNJason stood slowly. The air here felt thick, like breathing through liquid metal. The walls around him weren’t stone or steel—they were glass filled with moving lights, each one showing a tiny scene: children, orphans, experiments. The Legacy’s memories.He took one step forward, and the lights inside the glass shifted. Faces pressed against the surface, whispering things he couldn’t understand. His heart tightened. He recognized some of them.> “They were like me,” he said softly. “Test subjects.”> SYSTEM ALERT: EMOTI

Jason woke to the soft hum of wind. Grass brushed his arms as he sat up. The stars above him were strange — not like the ones on Earth. They moved, blinking in lines and circles, as if someone had coded the night sky.> SYSTEM NOTICE: WORLD IDENTIFIED – “ZONE BETA: RECONSTRUCTED SIMULATION”ENERGY LEVEL: 48%OBJECTIVE: LOCATE CONNECTION NODEJason stood. His legs felt heavy, like he had fallen through centuries. The world around him looked half-real — mountains in the distance glowed faintly with digital edges, and the rivers flowed like streams of light.“This isn’t Earth…” he muttered.Then, a voice echoed behind him.“Welcome, traveler.”He turned quickly. A girl stood there, barefoot on the glowing grass. Her hair was silver, her eyes golden — almost like data streams. She wore a white robe stitched with moving code patterns.“Who are you?” Jason asked, ready for a fight.“I’m called Lira,” she said calmly. “Guardian of this sector. You came through the Rift, didn’t you?”Jason fr

The tower trembled like it was alive. The glowing walls cracked, and thin lines of red code spread like veins through the air. Jason stood still, his golden light shining against the darkness, while Lira hid behind the Sentinel’s leg, her eyes wide with fear.From the shadows, Malik walked forward slowly. His body flickered between human and machine. Half his face was normal; the other half glowed with red wires and black metal. His eyes burned with the same cruel fire that had haunted Jason’s dreams.> SYSTEM ALERT: THREAT LEVEL—OMEGAWARNING: MALIK ENTITY FULLY SYNCED WITH THE CORE.Jason took a step forward. “I destroyed you in the vortex. You should be gone!”Malik smiled. “You think destruction means death in a system world? No, Jason. It means rebirth. The Legacy rebuilt me—stronger, faster, perfect.”He lifted his hand, and the entire tower responded. Beams of red light shot down from the ceiling, crashing into the ground around Jason. The energy waves were so strong that the f

Light swallowed everything. Jason and Lira fell through a tunnel made of gold and red colors twisting like ribbons. It felt like falling through time itself — no ground, no walls, only endless motion. The wind wasn’t real, but it screamed in their ears.> SYSTEM NOTICE: ENTERING SOURCE DIMENSIONWARNING: GRAVITY UNDEFINEDJason held Lira’s hand tight. “Don’t let go!”“I’m not!” she shouted, her voice echoing as their bodies spun.Then suddenly — silence.They landed softly on something that looked like water but felt like glass. All around them, glowing lines ran across the surface, forming circles and strange shapes. Above them was a sky full of shifting light, showing images like broken memories — cities, faces, battles, stars.Lira gasped. “Jason… it’s beautiful.”Jason’s eyes narrowed. “It’s the Source. The heart of the Legacy.”The air shimmered, and words appeared in front of them, written in golden code.> WELCOME TO THE SOURCE.ALL TRUTHS BEGIN HERE.Jason frowned. “Truths?”T

The light faded slowly, like the end of a dream.Jason opened his eyes and found himself floating in a vast space full of colors that moved like smoke and water mixed together. There was no ground, no sky—just endless layers of glowing mist that shifted between blue, red, and gold.His body felt light, almost like it wasn’t fully real.When he looked down at his hands, they flickered between flesh and energy.> SYSTEM NOTICE: STATUS UNKNOWN. LOCATION — WORLD BETWEEN WORLDS.Jason breathed out, his voice echoing strangely.“What is this place?”> “It is the space that exists when the system breaks,” a quiet voice answered.He turned.The Mother stood there, still faint and glowing, her form half-transparent. Her eyes looked tired, but her expression was calm.Jason stared. “You survived?”She nodded. “Only a small echo of me. The rest is gone.”Jason looked around. “And Lira? Malik?”The Mother closed her eyes for a moment, then spoke.“They are trapped in the code fragments. If you wa