All Chapters of 100 Days Before the Apocalypse: My Survival System: Chapter 141
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Chapter 141: The Son She Never Chose
The black key stopped cracking. Instead, it became completely still in Arjun's palm. The world around him had disappeared. The house. The street. The frozen people. Everything was gone. Only Arjun, Nox, Eli, and Elias remained in an endless darkness. Nox looked around. “Where are we?” Arjun opened his hand. The black key was still there. “I don't know.” Elias stared at it. “That key wasn't supposed to exist anymore.” Arjun looked at him. “Why?” “Because Destiny was never supposed to give anyone its prison.” Eli stepped closer. “Then why did it?” Elias didn't answer. The darkness suddenly changed. A thin line of light appeared ahead. Then another. Then thousands. They formed a huge circular shape. Arjun recognized it immediately. A memory. But not his. A woman stood in the center. His mother. She was younger. Much younger. She stood before two small lights. One was white. The other was gold. A voice surrounded her. “Choose.” His mother looked at the
Chapter 142: The Life They Were Never Given
The light swallowed them. Arjun expected another universe. Another battlefield. Another impossible revelation. Instead, he opened his eyes to sunlight. Real sunlight. Warm. Soft. Almost ordinary. He was standing in a small garden. There was a wooden house behind him. A narrow road stretched beyond the garden gate. Birds were singing. Somewhere nearby, a child was laughing. Nox opened his eyes beside him. He looked around. “Dad?” Arjun smiled. “We're still here.” Eli appeared a few steps away. He stared at the house. “Is this the world from before?” Arjun shook his head. “No.” Elias stepped through the light behind them. He looked at the house for several seconds. Then his expression changed. “I know this place.” Arjun turned. “You've been here?” “No.” Elias looked confused. “I remember it.” Arjun frowned. “Those aren't the same thing.” “I know.” Elias walked toward the house. “This is a memory.” Nox followed. “Whose?” Elias didn't answer. Arjun
Chapter 143: The One She Chose First
Arjun walked along the quiet path. Nox walked beside him. Eli followed a few steps behind. Elias remained silent. For the first time, nobody knew where the path would lead. And strangely, nobody seemed afraid. After several minutes, Nox broke the silence. “Dad.” “Yes?” “Are we actually free?” Arjun looked at him. “I think so.” Nox frowned. “That sounds like another ‘I don't know.’” Arjun smiled. “Maybe freedom means being allowed to say it.” Nox laughed. Eli suddenly stopped. Arjun turned. “What happened?” Eli was staring at the ground. “There are footprints.” Arjun looked down. A line of footprints crossed the path. Small footprints. They continued toward the forest. Nox crouched. “They weren't here before.” Elias walked closer. “They're fresh.” Arjun looked toward the trees. “Someone is ahead of us.” They continued walking. The forest was strangely peaceful. No monsters. No strange energy. No hidden structures. Just trees. After a few minutes, th
Chapter 144: The Life That Remembered
The path continued beneath a quiet morning sky. Arjun walked ahead. Nox stayed beside him. Eli followed quietly, while Elias remained a few steps behind. No one spoke. For once, there was no destination waiting for them. No prophecy. No System. No countdown. Just a road. Nox finally broke the silence. “Dad.” Arjun looked at him. “Yes?” “Do you remember everything?” Arjun thought about the question. “Not everything.” Nox smiled. “Good.” “Why?” “Because remembering everything sounds exhausting.” Arjun laughed. “You're probably right.” They continued walking. After some time, Eli stopped. Arjun turned. “What happened?” Eli was staring at the ground. “There are footprints.” Arjun looked down. Several footprints crossed the road. They were small. Barefoot. And they disappeared into the trees. Nox crouched beside them. “Someone was here.” Elias looked toward the forest. “Recently.” Arjun studied the footprints. Something about them felt familiar. Not b
Chapter 145: The Memory That Refused to Fade
The road stretched quietly beneath the morning sky.Arjun kept walking.Nox walked beside him.Eli followed with a thoughtful expression, while Elias remained behind them.Nobody spoke about the house.Nobody needed to.They all remembered it.That was enough.After nearly an hour, Nox suddenly stopped.Arjun turned.“What happened?”Nox was staring at his hand.A tiny golden light rested in his palm.Arjun recognized it immediately.“The light from the house.”Nox nodded.“I thought it disappeared.”“So did I.”Eli stepped closer.“Can you feel anything?”Nox closed his fingers around it.“Yes.”“What?”Nox looked confused.“Warmth.”Arjun reached toward the light.The moment his fingers touched it, a memory appeared.A kitchen.Rain against a window.A wooden table.His mother cooking.Young Arjun sitting on a chair.Nox was on the floor, playing with something.The memory was peaceful.But this time, something was different.Arjun noticed a fourth person.A boy stood near the windo
Chapter 146: The Face in the Memory
The golden light hovered above the table.Arjun stared at it.A face slowly formed inside the light.A young man.Dark hair.Sharp eyes.A familiar expression.Arjun's breath caught.He knew that face.Not from a memory.Not from another version of himself.From somewhere deeper.Elias stepped backward.“No…”Nox looked at him.“You know him?”Elias didn't answer.The face became clearer.The young man looked directly at Arjun.Then he spoke.“Do you remember me?”Arjun's mind went blank.“No.”The young man's expression softened.“That's what they wanted.”Arjun stepped closer.“Who are you?”The light flickered.The young man looked toward Elias.Elias finally spoke.“His name was Kael.”Arjun turned.“Was?”Elias swallowed.“Kael was the first person who discovered the memory layer.”Nox frowned.“What memory layer?”“The place where forgotten possibilities remain.”Arjun stared at the face.“Then why don't I remember him?”Elias looked at him.“Because your mother asked me to make
Chapter 147: The Memory of the First Day
Arjun stood before the locked door inside his memory.It was unlike anything he had seen before.No cosmic symbols.No System interface.No ancient writing.Just an ordinary wooden door.Yet he could feel something behind it.Something that had been waiting since the beginning.Nox stood beside him.“Dad…”Arjun looked at him.“Yes?”“Are you sure you want to open it?”Arjun stared at the door.“No.”Nox smiled.“Good.”Arjun looked at him.“Good?”“You finally understand.”“Understand what?”“That being sure isn't the same as being ready.”Arjun smiled.Then he reached for the handle.The door opened.Light flooded the space.Arjun closed his eyes.When he opened them again—he was standing on a street.Rain was falling.Cars moved through the road.People walked past without noticing him.Arjun looked around.His heart began beating faster.He recognized this place.“This is Patna.”Elias appeared beside him.“Yes.”Nox looked around.“When is this?”Arjun didn't answer.He knew.Th
Chapter 148: The Death That Created Him
The message remained suspended in the darkness.FIRST DEATH: SELF-CAUSED.PURPOSE: UNKNOWN.Arjun stared at it.He had faced dying before.He had faced monsters, collapsing worlds, ancient civilizations, creators, observers, and versions of himself.But this was different.If the message was true, then the first death of his life had not been caused by an enemy.It had been caused by himself.Nox stood beside him.“Dad…”Arjun didn't answer.Elias looked away.Kael's face remained visible inside the golden light.Arjun finally spoke.“What does self-caused mean?”Kael was silent for several seconds.“It means you were there.”“That doesn't answer me.”“It means the person who caused your first death looked like you.”Arjun's eyes narrowed.“My older self.”Kael nodded.“The version you saw.”Nox stepped forward.“Why would Dad kill himself?”Kael shook his head.“He didn't.”Arjun looked confused.“You just said my first death was self-caused.”“Your death was.”Kael's voice became qu
Chapter 149: The Arjun Who Stayed Behind
The figure stood beyond the opening in the darkness.Older.Tired.Alone.Arjun recognized him immediately.The First Arjun.The man who had once stood in the Original Universe and called himself the first version of everything Arjun had become.Nox stepped closer.“Is that really him?”Arjun nodded.“Yes.”The First Arjun looked at them.For several seconds, neither version spoke.Then the older Arjun smiled.“You took your time.”Arjun crossed his arms.“You could have come to me.”“I couldn't.”“Why?”“Because if I left this place before you remembered, the memory would have followed me.”Arjun frowned.“What memory?”The First Arjun looked around.“This.”The dying universe behind him trembled.Buildings floated in pieces.Stars were disappearing one by one.Entire sections of reality were becoming transparent.Nox looked around.“What's happening?”The First Arjun answered quietly.“The Original Universe is finally dying.”Arjun stared.“You said that before.”“I was wrong.”“How