2026-07-31 07:28:54Ethan and Sophia left the warehouse without saying a word.
The cold sea breeze hit their faces.
A black SUV was already waiting near the entrance.
Four members of the Crown Guard stepped out.
One of them opened the rear door.
“Mr. Cole.”
“The Chairman is waiting.”
Ethan nodded.
He turned to Sophia.
“I’ll take you home first.”
She shook her head.
“I don’t want to go home.”
Ethan looked at her.
She forced a weak smile.
“Not yet.”
“I’m still scared.”
Ethan understood.
He looked at one of the guards.
“Take Miss Bennett to the Imperial Sky Hotel.”
“The presidential suite.”
“Make sure she’s protected.”
The guard bowed.
“Yes, Mr. Cole.”
Sophia looked at Ethan.
“What about you?”
“I have to meet Alexander.”
She hesitated before nodding.
“Be careful.”
“I will.”
The SUV drove away.
Ethan entered another vehicle with the Crown Guard.
No one spoke during the journey.
Thirty minutes later…
They arrived at the Crown Society headquarters.
Alexander Kingsley was already waiting in his office.
The moment Ethan entered…
Alexander stood.
“You’re safe.”
“Barely.”
Alexander sighed with relief.
“I underestimated Lucien.”
“He wasn’t trying to kill me.”
Alexander frowned.
“What was he after?”
Ethan sat down.
“He wanted to meet me.”
“And?”
“He also mentioned something.”
Alexander’s expression became serious.
“What?”
Ethan looked directly at him.
“He said someone is searching for the creator of my system.”
Alexander froze.
His calm expression disappeared.
“What exactly did he say?”
Ethan repeated Lucien’s words.
The office fell silent.
Alexander slowly walked toward the window.
His hands were behind his back.
After a long pause…
He spoke.
“So…”
“It has finally begun.”
Ethan stood.
“You know something.”
Alexander nodded.
“I do.”
He turned around.
“But before I answer…”
“I need you to answer one question.”
Ethan waited.
“When did your system first appear?”
“The day my life hit rock bottom.”
Alexander smiled bitterly.
“Just as I expected.”
Ethan frowned.
“What does that mean?”
Alexander opened an old wooden cabinet.
Inside were dozens of dusty files.
He carefully removed one.
The cover was faded with age.
Written across it were the words:
Project Genesis
He placed it on the desk.
“This file is forty years old.”
Ethan opened it.
Inside were old photographs.
Research notes.
Financial records.
Newspaper clippings.
Then…
One photograph caught his attention.
It showed a young man standing beside Alexander.
The man looked to be in his twenties.
He was smiling confidently.
Around his neck hung a silver pendant shaped like a key.
Ethan stared at the picture.
“Who is he?”
Alexander gently picked up the photograph.
“His name…”
“…was Nathan Vale.”
“What does he have to do with my system?”
Alexander looked into Ethan’s eyes.
“Everything.”
Ethan’s breathing slowed.
Alexander continued.
“Nathan was a genius.”
“He believed wealth could change the world.”
“But only if it reached the right people.”
“He spent years creating something he called…”
Alexander paused.
“The Legacy System.”
Ethan’s pupils contracted.
“The Legacy System?”
Alexander nodded.
“He claimed it could identify people with exceptional character.”
“And reward them.”
Ethan’s heart pounded.
“Did it work?”
Alexander smiled sadly.
“We never found out.”
“Why?”
“Because Nathan disappeared.”
The room became silent.
“No body.”
“No goodbye.”
“Nothing.”
Alexander slowly closed the file.
“Only one thing was left behind.”
He reached into the folder.
Then placed an old silver key on the desk.
It looked almost identical…
To the symbol in Nathan’s photograph.
Alexander pushed it toward Ethan.
“He left this with me.”
“And one message.”
Ethan picked up the key.
“What message?”
Alexander’s voice became quiet.
“When the next Host appears…”
“Give them the key.”
Ethan stared at the silver key in disbelief.
“The next… Host?”
Alexander nodded.
“You’re not the first person chosen by the system.”
Before Ethan could ask another question…
The office door burst open.
A Crown Guard hurried inside.
“Chairman!”
Alexander turned.
“What is it?”
The guard looked shaken.
“Our intelligence team intercepted a coded transmission.”
“From the Black Dragon Syndicate.”
Alexander frowned.
“What does it say?”
The guard swallowed hard.
“They’ve located…”
“…the Second Host.”
Ethan’s grip on the silver key tightened.
If there was a second Host…
Then somewhere in the world…
Someone else possessed a system just like his.
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The blue screen flickered.It was unstable.Unlike the flawless interface Ethan had relied on throughout his journey, this one was fractured.Tiny cracks spread across its edges as though the system itself had suffered tremendous damage.The familiar mechanical voice spoke again.It was weaker than Ethan remembered.Yet…He smiled.After everything that had happened…It still sounded like home.Legacy System…Emergency Restoration… 7% Complete…Warning… Core functions unavailable…Reason… Legacy sacrificed during the Final Convergence…Ethan’s heart pounded.“So…”“You survived.”The screen remained silent for a moment.Then…A new sentence appeared.Correction…This unit did not survive.This unit… was remembered.The words struck him harder than any attack ever could.Remembered.Not rebuilt.Not repaired.Remembered.The blue screen slowly continued.Human belief…Shared memories…Legacy fragments carried within countless lives…Emergency reconstruction successful.Ethan finally un
Chapter 108: The Sky Breaker
The crack spread across the blue sky.It didn’t happen all at once.Thin fractures crawled outward like veins across glass, stretching from one horizon to the other.Each new crack released a faint silver light.The peaceful meadow beneath Ethan’s feet trembled.Birds that had been singing moments before suddenly took flight.The gentle breeze vanished.An unnatural silence swallowed the world.Ren’s small hand instinctively reached for Ethan’s.His fingers were trembling.“They found us.”Ethan looked down.“Who?”Ren swallowed.“The ones who don’t want us remembered.”Another deafening roar echoed overhead.This time…It was closer.The sky shattered a little more.Chunks of blue light drifted downward before dissolving into countless glowing particles.Ethan had seen worlds collapse before.He had watched stars disappear.Yet…There was something uniquely terrifying about watching the sky itself come apart.Not because it looked destructive.Because it looked…Wrong.Like reality w
Chapter 107: The First Face
Every step echoed inside Ethan’s helmet.Crunch.Crunch.Crunch.The lunar dust compressed beneath his boots as he followed the countless footprints stretching toward the enormous black doorway.Mission Control remained connected through his communicator.“Ethan, your oxygen levels are stable.”“Heart rate elevated, but within acceptable limits.”Dr. Brooks’ calm voice filled the silence.Professor Orion spoke next.“Distance to the structure: four hundred meters.”“Proceed carefully.”“I will.”Ethan answered.He never took his eyes off the doorway.The closer he came…The larger it became.From orbit it had looked massive.Standing beneath it…It was overwhelming.It rose into the endless darkness above him like a mountain carved from midnight.Its surface reflected nothing.Not sunlight.Not stars.Not even Ethan himself.It was as though the doorway refused to acknowledge reality.Back on Earth…Sophia stood inside Mission Control.Her hands remained folded tightly together.She h
Chapter 106: The Man Who Walked Through Silence
By sunrise…Ethan had made his decision.He would go.Not because he trusted the beings beyond the black doorway.Not because he believed they meant no harm.But because he had seen something in the message that no one else seemed willing to acknowledge.They had asked.Twice.First…May we speak?Then…One may come.An enemy didn’t ask permission.An enemy simply invaded.Whatever waited beyond that door…It wanted to be heard.Whether that was a blessing or a trap…Only one way existed to find out.The launch facility came alive before dawn.Floodlights illuminated the enormous launch pad while engineers hurried around the silver shuttle.Unlike the bulky spacecraft used during the early years of space exploration…This one had been built after the Seven Days.Human technology had advanced dramatically with knowledge recovered from the Architects.Its engines were cleaner.Its shields stronger.Its navigation system could cross the distance between Earth and the Moon in less than th
Chapter 105: The Invitation
No one celebrated.Although the footprints had stopped appearing…Although the black doorway had remained closed…Not a single person inside Mission Control believed the danger had passed.If anything…The silence felt heavier.It was the silence of two strangers looking at one another across a great distance.Waiting.Wondering who would speak next.Dr. Elena Brooks stood beside the communications console, replaying Ethan’s transmission.“My name is Ethan.”“You asked if you could speak.”“You can.”She listened to it three more times before finally muting the speakers.“I’ve worked in aerospace for seventeen years.”She slowly shook her head.“I spent my entire career preparing for first contact.”She smiled weakly.“I never imagined it would begin with… permission.”Professor Orion nodded.“Neither did I.”Hours passed.The black doorway did not move.The Moon remained quiet.Scientists continued monitoring every satellite, every telescope, and every sensor aimed toward the far sid
Chapter 104: Beyond the Black Door
The three knocks echoed through Mission Control.Slow.Steady.Deliberate.Every person in the room froze.No one spoke.No one breathed.The sound wasn’t coming from the speakers anymore.It seemed to resonate through the walls themselves.Three knocks…Yet it felt as though something enormous had struck the fabric of reality.Then…Silence.Emergency lights flickered back to life.Rows of monitors rebooted one after another.Technicians hurried to their stations.“Power is returning!”“I’m reconnecting to the lunar station!”“Signal stabilizing!”Dr. Elena Brooks leaned over one of the consoles.“Get me visual confirmation.”The largest monitor flashed.Static filled the screen.Then the image cleared.Everyone stared.The giant black doorway still stood on the Moon’s far side.Exactly where it had been before.Silent.Motionless.Almost…Innocent.Kai slowly let out the breath he had been holding.“I hate doors.”Lyra looked at him.“You hate everything.”“I especially hate mysteri
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