2026-03-14 18:00:00The rain in Bogor never messed around. That afternoon, the sky seemed to mourn along with them, dumping water in a dense, cold downpour, washing away the remnants of black blood and golden ash covering the Botanical Gardens.
On a small hill in the cactus-filled Mexican Garden area (a place ironically chosen because Rico once said he hated mushy flowers), a mound of red earth had just been closed.
There was no proper coffin. Rico's body was wrapped onl
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Chapter 101: Auditor vs Investor
Elian stepped inside, and the sound of his footsteps changed.No more disgusting squelch of wet flesh. No more pulsing floor beneath his soles.The sound heard now was tick, tick, tick... clear and sharp, like someone walking on the purest crystal glass in the universe.Elian paused, his eyes adapted to the darkness now widening. He lowered his gaze to the floor.There was no floor.At least, no visible physical floor. Beneath his feet spread a black void sprinkled with millions of points of light. Stars. Nebulae. Spiral galaxies rotating slowly. Elian was standing atop a real-time simulation of the universe. He felt like he was floating in outer space, held up only by a layer of invisible glass."Welcome to the Boardroom," a voice greeted.Elian looked up. The room (if it could be called a room) had no walls. Its boundaries were a curved
Chapter 100: The Cathedral of Flesh
Elian's first step into the darkness felt like stepping into the belly of a sleeping beast.The sick sunlight of Jakarta and the purple energy bridge behind him faded, replaced by a suffocating gloom. The entrance, which had looked like a concrete basement tunnel of Monas, had now changed completely.The air here didn't smell of dust or old cement like a typical history museum. The air here was heavy, humid, and smelled of... copper. The metallic scent of fresh blood dried by a central ventilation system, mixed with a sickeningly sweet aroma like rotting meat masked by cheap perfume."System, activate Night Vision," Elian whispered.His pupils flickered, a silver film coating his black irises. The pitch-black world suddenly became clear in a monochrome spectrum of green and red.And Elian, a man who had seen walking corpses, bone dragons, and sliced a meat giant on the highway, h
Chapter 99: The Gatekeeper
Jalan Medan Merdeka, the heart of Jakarta, was now nothing more than a giant sacrificial altar.The "Cosmo Express" convoy stopped right at the end of Jalan M.H. Thamrin, in front of the Horse Statue Roundabout, where the statues were now shattered, leaving headless concrete horses.In front of them, the view silenced everyone.The National Monument (Monas) was no longer planted in the earth. The icon of Indonesian pride had been uprooted. The 132-meter tall structure hovered in the air, about fifty meters above a giant crater gaping where its foundation used to be. The crater was pitch black, a seemingly bottomless abyss emitting cold purple steam.Monas itself had mutated. The gold flame at its peak was no longer the tongue of independence fire, but a pulsating black crystal orb, absorbing sunlight and spewing purple lightning that struck the surrounding ground randomly.And su
Chapter 98: Jakarta's Red Zone
Welcome to Jalan Jenderal Sudirman. Once, this was the business center, the economic pulse, where tie-wearing executives raced against time. Now, it was the intestine of hell.The "Cosmo Express" convoy drove slowly into the wide main avenue. The black asphalt beneath their tires was no longer flat. The ground here was cracked, emitting sulfur-smelling purple steam that choked the breath. But what turned stomachs wasn't the smell, but the gravity."Boss..." Agus's voice sounded panicked from the driver's seat. "The steering is super light! The bus wants to fly!"Agus was right. The laws of physics in this zone had been violated. Gravity was no longer constant. Concrete debris the size of minivans floated in the air at streetlight height, rotating slowly as if in space. Glass shards from skyscrapers formed crystal rivers flowing in the city sky."Keep speed steady, Gus," Elian ordered from the roof. H
Chapter 97: The Conqueror's Convoy
The sun was directly overhead when the main gates of the Bogor Botanical Gardens swung wide open. The iron hinges shrieked in protest, as if reluctant to let their inhabitants out into a world gone mad.Diesel engines roared. Thick black smoke spewed from modified exhausts.Rolling out of the gate wasn't an innocent yellow school bus anymore. The "Cosmo Express" had evolved. Mr. Hendra and Colonel Badra's engineering team had worked like possessed men for the last six hours.The glass windows were gone, replaced by iron bars and roughly welded steel plates. On the front, the bumper was fitted with a sharp, triangular ram made from sections of railroad track, ready to slice through zombie hordes or wrecked cars like a hot knife through butter. The words "SCHOOL BUS" on the side had been crossed out with red paint, replaced by dripping, bold letters: "HIGHWAY TO HELL."But the most striking thing wasn'
Chapter 96: Shareholder Meeting
Dawn at the Bogor Botanical Gardens had never felt this cold. The sun peeked shyly from behind Mount Salak, sending pale orange rays that failed to warm the atmosphere. Morning dew mixed with lingering gunpowder smoke, creating a thin mist creeping around the ankles.In the open field in front of the Herbarium Building, Elian stood frozen. His eyes stared straight at his fifty "new employees" lined up neatly. Unit-01 through Unit-50. They had just returned from their first night patrol clearing wild Hollow remnants in the garden perimeter.They were efficient; no noise, no hesitation.However, the System in Elian's head gave a notification that disturbed his breakfast.[ASSET DIAGNOSTIC REPORT][UNIT TYPE: REANIMATED DEATH KNIGHT][CURRENT POWER SOURCE: HOSTILE TAKEOVER (ELECTRICITY)][STABILITY: 78% AND DROPPING][WARNING: NECROTIC RESIDUE DETECTED. ASSETS WILL CRUMBLE IF
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