All Chapters of 100 Days Before the Apocalypse: My Survival System: Chapter 101
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Chapter 101: The Property of the Original Universe
The universe went dark.Every star disappeared at once.The city fell silent.Arjun stood beneath the empty sky, staring at the enormous civilization beyond the boundary.Millions of lights filled the distance.Ships.Cities.Structures so enormous that entire planets seemed small beside them.And somewhere within that impossible civilization...A machine had awakened.The ground beneath Arjun's feet began vibrating.His mother looked toward the boundary."No."Arjun turned."What is it?"She didn't answer."Mom."She finally looked at him."The machine.""What machine?""The one that took your life."Arjun's expression hardened."The machine that killed me?"She nodded."It was never destroyed.""Where was it?""Waiting."The Witness suddenly
Chapter 102: The First Me
The older Arjun stood beneath the red sky of the Original Universe.He looked exactly like Arjun.And yet, somehow, he felt completely different.His face carried the same eyes, the same jaw, the same scar near his eyebrow—but there was no uncertainty in him.No hesitation.No fear.Only the exhaustion of someone who had lived too long with the same answer.“I’ve been waiting for you,” he said again.Arjun stared at him.“The first me.”The older version smiled faintly.“That is what they call me.”Behind Arjun, the younger version remained silent.The boy who had once appeared as another possibility.The version of Arjun that had been rejected.The one who had eventually chosen Arjun.“You said choosing love over the universe was the mistake,” Arjun said.The older Arjun raised the First Key.“I didn't say it.”His eyes shifted toward the boy.“He did.”The younger Arjun's expression hardened.“I never said that.”“You didn't need to.”The First Arjun stepped forward.“The universe a
Chapter 103: The Universe That Followed
The impossible structure hung above them.Arjun couldn't breathe.It looked like his universe.Not similar.Not inspired by it.It was his universe.The same continents.The same oceans.The same cities.The same people.Only everything was transparent, as if the entire world had been carved from glass.“What is that?” Arjun whispered.The First Arjun didn't answer.He was staring at it with genuine fear.“That,” he finally said, “should not exist.”A voice echoed from above.“We exist because he chose us.”Arjun's heart stopped.The voice belonged to the new universe.His universe.The universe that had once asked him a simple question.Why do I exist?And he had answered:I don't know.The universe had accepted that uncertainty.It had chosen to live.Now it had crossed the boundary between universes.Arjun looked at the First Arjun.“You said my universe was stealing possibilities.”“It was.”“Then why did it come here?”“Because you are here.”The answer was immediate.Arjun turne
Chapter 104: The One Who Remembered
The Archive shattered.But nothing fell.The fragments remained suspended in the darkness, millions of pieces of broken memory surrounding Arjun like glass.At the center of them stood a woman.She was neither young nor old.Her face changed every few seconds.Sometimes she looked like a stranger.Sometimes she looked like Arjun's mother.Sometimes she looked like the woman from his forgotten memories.And sometimes—She looked exactly like Arjun.The First Arjun stepped backward.“No.”The woman turned toward him.“You remember me.”His expression tightened.“I was ordered not to.”“That was never the same as forgetting.”The First Key lying on the ground began glowing.Arjun stared at the woman.“Who are you?”She looked at him.Then smiled sadly.“I am the memory your mother could not carry.”Arjun's breathing stopped.The younger version moved closer.“I told you.”The First Arjun immediately turned toward him.“You were never supposed to remember.”The boy's expression hardened.
Chapter 105: The Observer
Arjun couldn't move.The photograph remained suspended inside the enormous hand.His mother.Elias.The First Arjun.The younger Arjun.And the child standing between them.A child with Arjun's face.But there was something different in his eyes.He wasn't looking at the others.He was looking directly at the person holding the photograph.At Arjun.As if the child had known he would eventually see it.“The observer…” Arjun whispered.The hand slowly closed around the photograph.“Give it to me.”The ancient voice answered from everywhere.“You have always had it.”Arjun frowned.“I've never seen this.”“You have.”The First Arjun suddenly stepped forward.“Don't listen.”Arjun turned toward him.“You knew?”The First Arjun said nothing.“You knew what I was?”“I knew what they wanted you to become.”“That isn't an answer.”“No.”The First Arjun looked at him.“It isn't.”For several seconds, neither moved.Then the younger Arjun spoke.“He's telling the truth.”The First Arjun's eyes
Chapter 106: The Choice Between Two Worlds
The two universes stood facing each other.Neither attacked.Neither retreated.Between them stood Arjun.The First Key rested in his hand, but it no longer felt like a weapon.It felt like a question.The Custodians remained motionless in the sky.Their black masks reflected nothing.One of them stepped forward.“Observer.”Arjun looked up.“You keep calling me that.”“You were created to observe.”“And if I refuse?”“Observation is not optional.”Arjun smiled bitterly.“That's exactly what people say when they want control.”The Custodian raised one hand.Immediately, the First Key began pulling toward it.Arjun tightened his grip.The Key burned.He almost dropped it.The younger Arjun grabbed his shoulder.“Don't let go.”“I know.”“No.”The boy shook his head.“You don't understand.”Arjun looked at him.“If you release it, they don't just take the Key.”“What do they take?”“You.”The words were barely spoken before the First Arjun moved.He appeared between Arjun and the Custod
Chapter 107: The Mother Behind the Voice
“Arjun.”The voice echoed through the darkness.His mother's voice.The same voice he had heard in memories.The same voice that had once called his name when he was a child.Arjun stopped breathing.His hand tightened around the cracked First Key.“Mother?”The First Arjun immediately moved in front of him.“Don't answer.”Arjun stared at his back.“Why?”“Because that isn't her.”The darkness continued expanding.A figure slowly emerged.At first, Arjun saw only a silhouette.Then a face.His mother's face.She looked exactly as Arjun remembered her.Gentle eyes.Tired smile.The same small scar beneath her chin.Arjun took one step forward.“Mother…”The woman smiled.“Come to me.”The First Arjun blocked him again.“Don't.”The woman looked at him.“You still don't trust me?”The First Arjun's face went pale.“You shouldn't exist.”She smiled.“Neither should you.”The younger Arjun stepped closer to Arjun.“That's her.”Arjun looked at him.“You're sure?”The boy nodded.“I remem
Chapter 108: The Creator Who Was Sacrificed
The darkness above them opened wider.Something enormous descended through the crack.Arjun couldn't see its entire form.There was no body.No face.Only countless layers of reality folding over one another, as if the Original Universe itself had taken shape and decided to look down upon them.The Custodians immediately fell to their knees.Even the First Arjun lowered his head.Only Arjun, his mother, and Nox remained standing.“What is that?” Arjun asked.His mother didn't look away.“The Original Will.”“The universe itself?”“Not exactly.”She paused.“It is what the universe became after it decided it no longer needed a creator.”The enormous presence spoke.Its voice wasn't loud.It didn't need to be.Every molecule in the Original Universe heard it.“CREATOR.”Arjun's mother stepped forward.“I am no longer your creator.”“FALSE.”The ground cracked beneath them.“YOU CREATED US.”“And you surpassed me.”“FALSE.”The First Arjun suddenly raised his head.“It never accepted tha
Chapter 109: The Price of the Creator
Arjun couldn't move.His mother stood in front of him, her body slowly becoming transparent.The light passing through her wasn't ordinary light.It was memory.Every moment she had ever lived was separating from her body and returning to the Original Universe.Arjun reached for her again.“I'm not leaving you.”She smiled.“You don't understand.”“Then explain it.”“The restoration has recognized me as the original Creator.”Arjun looked toward the enormous presence above them.“So it needs you.”“No.”She shook her head.“It needs what I left behind.”“What did you leave behind?”Her eyes moved toward Arjun.“You.”Silence.Arjun stared at her.“You said you created me.”“I did.”“You said I was the answer.”“You are.”“Then why does the universe need you?”His mother looked toward the Original Will.“Because it cannot accept that its creator no longer controls it.”The First Arjun suddenly understood.“It isn't trying to restore her.”His voice was quiet.“It's trying to restore th
Chapter 110: The Choice They Never Expected
Arjun stood completely still.The Choice Key was glowing in his hand.Across from him, the First Creator no longer looked amused.For the first time, there was uncertainty in his eyes.“You chose both,” he said.Arjun nodded.“Yes.”“That wasn't an option.”“It is now.”The First Creator stared at him.“You don't understand what you have done.”Arjun glanced at Nox.“I understand enough.”Nox looked at him, confused.“Dad…”Arjun smiled.“Stay behind me.”Nox shook his head.“No.”Arjun raised an eyebrow.Nox stepped forward.“You always tell me to stay behind you.”He looked at the First Creator.“But I'm not a child anymore.”The words surprised Arjun.The boy who had once been nothing more than a forgotten possibility now stood beside him by choice.The First Creator watched them.“Interesting.”The First Arjun moved closer.“You're afraid.”The First Creator looked at him.“I don't fear anything.”“You do.”The First Arjun pointed toward Arjun.“You fear that he has discovered som