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Chapter 69– The Pulse Beneath
Author: Milky-Grip
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The city did not collapse. It folded. When the ground split, it wasn’t an explosion it was an opening, a quiet, deliberate parting, as though the world had drawn a breath and forgotten to let go.

Kaito hit the pavement hard, dust blinding him. The roar of wind was everywhere, but not from air it was deeper, resonant, a vibration crawling through his bones.

He tried to move, but gravity felt wrong, sideways, diagonal, like the ground was tilting away from the rules that made it real. Ruiz’s voice cut through the chaos. “Nayar! Over here!”

He blinked grit from his eyes. The commander was crouched beside the collapsed tram line, her face streaked with blood and reflected light.

Behind her, the street had become a canyon, blue veins glowing down its length. Kaito scrambled toward her. “Are you hurt?”

She shook her head, but her voice came out shaky. “It’s not stopping. The pulse it’s moving under us.” He could feel it too rhythmic, deliberate, now faster than before. A heartbeat accel
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