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Chap 28: Shard 2 Rescue (1)
Author: Nightingale
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The stolen Ghost Code skiff shuddered violently as it pierced the Coral Hive Mind's atmosphere, its corroded hull screaming against the bioluminescent haze. Kai gripped the rusted console, his knuckles bone-white. Below them stretched an endless ocean of living coral—neon blues and toxic pinks pulsing in rhythm with colossal tidal surges that shook the ship's frame. Acid rain slashed the reinforced viewport, etching new trails in the already scarred surface.

SYSTEM ALERT

LOCATION: CORAL HIVE MIND CORE (SUBSECTION ALPHA)

TIDAL SOLSTICE IN PROGRESS: 00:12:17 REMAINING

SANITY: 40% (VOID ECHOES DETECTED)

WARNING: PSYCHIC ASSIMILATION FIELD ACTIVE

Selene's silver tracery blazed like overloaded circuits as she fought the controls. "Vox's coordinates are dead. Architect drones scrubbed the beacon." The ship bucked violently as a coral spire erupted from the churning ocean below, missing their starboard hull by meters. Bioluminescent polyps along its length pulsed crimson in warning. "W
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