2026-07-31 08:24:47Silver flames swallowed the First Collector.
The heat alone forced everyone to retreat.
The marble floor beneath him melted into liquid stone.
The air became heavy.
Even breathing felt difficult.
Ethan narrowed his eyes.
His newly awakened Legacy Sight analyzed the transformation.
Collector C-001
True Form Released
Power Output: Unknown
Analysis Failed.
The screen disappeared.
For the first time…
The Legacy System couldn’t calculate an opponent’s strength.
The silver flames slowly faded.
The figure standing inside was no longer human.
He stood nearly eight feet tall.
His body was covered in black metallic armor that seemed alive.
Silver veins pulsed beneath the surface.
His eyes glowed deep blue.
Behind him…
Six floating metallic rings slowly rotated.
Each ring released waves of terrifying energy.
Alexander unconsciously stepped backward.
“What…”
“…is that?”
Professor Orion’s face became pale.
“The perfect Collector.”
Lyra gritted her teeth.
“I hoped I’d never see this form again.”
The First Collector looked down at his own hands.
Then calmly clenched his fist.
The surrounding space twisted.
A nearby steel pillar bent without being touched.
Boom!
It exploded into countless fragments.
The First Collector looked at Ethan.
“My limiter has been removed.”
“My mission efficiency…”
“…has reached one hundred percent.”
Noah slowly stood.
Despite his injuries…
He walked beside Ethan.
“Listen carefully.”
“In this form…”
“He has only one weakness.”
Ethan didn’t take his eyes off the Collector.
“What is it?”
“The six rings.”
“They stabilize his body.”
“If all six are destroyed…”
“He’ll lose control.”
Ethan nodded.
“I’ll take them down.”
The First Collector heard every word.
He smiled.
“Correct analysis.”
“But impossible execution.”
One of the six rings suddenly disappeared.
Before anyone understood what happened…
Boom!
A violent explosion erupted beside Noah.
He was thrown across the hall.
Crash!
His body smashed through a concrete wall.
“Noah!”
Evelyn screamed.
Blood covered his shoulder.
The ring quietly returned behind the First Collector.
Alexander’s eyes widened.
“It teleported.”
Professor Orion shook his head.
“No…”
“It moves faster than light.”
Lyra charged first.
Her glowing sword cut through the air.
She aimed directly for one of the floating rings.
Clang!
The blade connected.
A crack appeared across the ring.
The First Collector calmly caught Lyra’s wrist.
“You’ve become slower.”
Boom!
He slammed her into the floor.
The entire building shook.
The crack on Lyra’s sword spread farther.
She coughed blood.
Still…
She smiled.
“I got one.”
Everyone looked up.
One of the six rings now had a visible fracture.
The First Collector noticed it.
He tilted his head.
“Interesting.”
Ethan didn’t waste the opportunity.
Legacy energy exploded around him.
He vanished.
Boom!
He appeared behind the First Collector.
His fist struck another ring.
Crack!
The second ring shook violently.
The Collector finally moved.
His elbow slammed into Ethan’s ribs.
Crash!
Ethan flew across the hall.
He rolled several times before stopping.
Pain spread through his body.
His system activated.
Internal Damage Detected.
Three fractured ribs.
Healing Initiated.
Within seconds…
The pain began fading.
Ethan slowly stood again.
The First Collector watched him silently.
“Your regeneration has improved.”
“But…”
“It won’t save you.”
He raised both hands.
The remaining six rings expanded.
Hundreds of tiny silver cubes emerged from them.
They floated throughout the hall.
Professor Orion’s expression changed instantly.
“Everyone down!”
Too late.
The cubes suddenly fired.
Thousands of silver beams rained across the room.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Walls exploded.
Columns collapsed.
The conference hall became a battlefield.
Alexander shielded Evelyn behind a fallen pillar.
The Crown Guards returned fire.
Their bullets simply bounced off the cubes.
“They’re useless!”
Lucien calmly stepped forward.
He reached into his coat.
Instead of a weapon…
He pulled out a small silver coin.
The same coin Kai had given Ethan.
Lucien flipped it into the air.
The coin stopped floating.
A glowing circle appeared beneath it.
Then…
A young man’s voice echoed from nowhere.
“Looks like you’re losing.”
Everyone froze.
Ethan recognized that voice immediately.
“Kai…”
A figure slowly walked out of the glowing circle.
Hands in his pockets.
The same gray eyes.
The same calm smile.
He looked at the First Collector.
Then sighed.
“You still haven’t learned.”
The First Collector stared at him.
For the first time…
His emotionless face showed surprise.
“Former Host…”
“…Kai.”
Kai smiled.
“Long time no see.”
The First Collector took one slow step backward.
Then said something that made everyone fall silent.
“The Creator ordered your
execution…”
”…twenty-three years ago.”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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