"Singapore..." Je tapped Sinta's cracked tablet screen with the tip of his Karambit. "A city that used to be clean, full of rules, and fines.""Now that city is a Dead Zone," Sinta corrected, her fingers dancing on the holographic keyboard (looted Owner technology). "Since the first day of the apocalypse, Singapore closed its borders completely. Energy dome. Total isolation. Nothing goes in, nothing comes out.""Until now," Guntur added, chewing a purple apple that tasted like gasoline. "This SOS signal... 'Genesis Phase 2'. Sounds like a bad movie title with too big a budget."Je sat on the edge of the wooden table, shirtless, letting Rara paint abstract patterns on his back using leftover Void Stalker blood. The cold touch of Rara's fingers on his skin gave a strange comforting sensation."Phase 1 was the fungal plague turning humans into zombies," Je analyzed. "If Phase 2 is active... it means they found a way to accelerate that evolution. Or reverse it.""Reverse?" Rara's eyes nar

Berikut adalah **Bab 114**.---### **SERI 13: ERA BARU**#### **Bab 114: Rahim Porselen (The Porcelain Womb)**Dr. Sarah menekan urutan kode di pergelangan tangannya.Dengungan rendah Kubah Energi berubah nada. Dari *humming* statis menjadi jeritan frekuensi tinggi yang menyakitkan telinga.*ZZZRRRTTT...*Sebuah celah vertikal muncul di dinding oranye itu. Celah itu melebar perlahan, seperti kulit yang disayat pisau bedah tak terlihat, memperlihatkan "daging" kota di dalamnya."Masuk," perintah Dr. Sarah lewat radio. "Celah ini hanya terbuka selama tiga menit sebelum sistem imun kota menyadarinya dan menutupnya kembali.""Guntur, tabrak!" seru Je.*Kanjeng Ratu* menderu. Mesin anti-gravitasinya mendorong kendaraan berat itu meluncur di atas air, menembus celah cahaya itu. Kapal-kapal *Phantom* milik Genesis Guard mengawal di sisi kiri dan kanan.Saat mereka melewati batas kubah, sensasi aneh menyergap mereka.Bukan rasa panas atau dingin. Melainkan rasa **Steril**.Udara di dalam Sin

The wind on the peak of Marina Bay Sands smelled of ozone and death.Je stood at the edge of the legendary Infinity Pool. The pool was dry, its floor cracked, filled with pulsating red moss. Down there, hundreds of meters at the base of the building, the city of Singapore was burning.The sky above them was tightly covered by the Owners' fleet of warships. Thousands of Drop Pods slid down like a rain of iron meteors, smashing into the buildings around them with deafening booms.BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"They are coming," Rara said, licking her lips. Her long tongue cleaned leftover black blood from the corner of her mouth. She stood on the railing, her leather dress flapping wildly. "So many of them. Can we eat them all?""We don't need to eat them all," Je rested his Claymore on his shoulder. "We just need to survive until Guntur lights the birthday candle downstairs."One Drop Pod landed hard right in the middle of the dry pool.CRASH!The capsule door hissed, then exploded open. Cold stea

"This ship is too clean. I'm uncomfortable."Guntur grumbled, his one intact hand holding the holographic steering wheel of the stolen Phantom ship. Meanwhile, his severed right arm (the burn wound already bandaged by Sinta) tapped the console in a restless rhythm."Be grateful we aren't rowing a canoe, Gun," Sinta replied, her eyes glued to the radar now filled with blinking red dots. "Besides, this is a stealth ship. We need stealth mode to cross this sea."They were crossing the Karimata Strait, the waters separating Sumatra and Kalimantan (Borneo). However, the sea below them was no longer calm blue water.The sea was boiling.Giant methane gas bubbles popped on the surface, releasing toxic green steam. In the distance, mutant shark fins as tall as fishing boat sails were seen cutting through the waves.Je sat in the captain's chair (whose previous owner's corpse had been thrown overboard), holding Rara on his lap. Je was cleaning his Karambit, while Rara was licking the burn woun

The roots of the Tree of Life didn't burrow into soil. They plunged into a lake whose surface was covered in milky white fog.This wasn't water fog. This was a Calcium Swamp.The swamp water was thick, pale white like spoiled coconut milk, filled with millions of bones of forest creatures digested over thousands of years. The smell of lime and fishiness stung the nose."He sleeps below," whispered Panglima Awan, halting his troops at the edge of the swamp. "Do not make vibrations. He feels heartbeats through the mud."Je stared at the calm white surface. Above them, the hum of the Giant Drill (Planet Cracker) grew louder. The glowing red tip of the drill had already pierced the uppermost cloud layer, creating a burning Halo in the sky above the forest."We don't have time to sneak around," Je said. He stepped forward, his foot sinking into the white mud. It felt cold, sticky, and... sucking.SLURP...The mud seemed alive, groping Je's boots, trying to find a gap to touch skin."Rara,"