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Chapter 196
Caelum saw the truth of Jayden’s new power. Jayden had become a living battery. His pain generated massive amounts of System stability. Right now, Jayden was using that stability to feed the crowd in Times Square.But the System was a network. And Caelum was still the master of the network."If his pain creates power," Caelum whispered, his red eyes glowing brightly, "then I will take that power. I will route it to my armies. I will route it to my Enforcers. He wants to suffer? I will let him suffer forever. He will be the engine that powers my empire."Caelum hit a final button.NETWORK REROUTE PREPARED. WAITING FOR LOCAL COMBAT RESOLUTION.Caelum leaned back in his throne and steepled his fingers. He watched the screen with hungry eyes. "Fight the Devourer, little Halo. Bleed for them. Bleed for me."Back in Times Square, the battle was completely still.Leo, David, and the thousands of people stood in a massive, glowing defensive formation. They were a wall of blue, silver, green,
Chapter 195
Leo’s flickering blue Proto-System screen suddenly expanded. It grew from a small square into a massive, heavy shield of solid blue light. The words on his screen changed.SIGNAL RECEIVED. PROTO-SYSTEM STABILIZED.USER: LEO.CLASS: SHIELD-BEARER. LEVEL: MAXIMIZED."I... I feel it," Leo whispered. He looked at his hands. They were radiating absolute power. He looked at Jayden, hanging on the ice spike. Leo realized immediately where the power was coming from. "He is giving us his strength. Every time he hurts... we get stronger."David felt it too. The old iron wrench in his hand suddenly glowed with a blinding, fierce orange light. The ice trapping his boots shattered into dust. David felt his muscles bulge. He felt like his skin had turned to titanium.Martha, the old woman who had fallen to the ground, slowly stood up. Her silver Proto-System flared to life. The glowing silver light wrapped around the people next to her, creating a warm, unbreakable dome of healing energy.Survival
Chapter 194
The air in Times Square was so cold it hurt to breathe.The white fog rolled over the broken street, covering the flipped yellow taxi cabs and the shattered glass. The fog came from the man in the grey suit. Mr. Vance. His silver, empty eyes locked onto Jayden.Jayden was still on his knees. His mind was a war zone. The golden System screens in front of his face were frozen. They flashed the words: FATAL ERROR: THE DEVOURER HAS ENTERED THE LOCAL FIELD."You woke me up," Mr. Vance said again. His voice was smooth, polite, and completely empty of any human feeling. "And I am very hungry."Mr. Vance took a slow step forward. The concrete street under his shiny leather shoes instantly turned into thick, white ice. The freezing cold pushed into the crowd.Behind Jayden, the thousands of people began to shiver violently.Leo, the young man in the front row, wrapped his arms around himself. His teeth chattered loudly. "It's... it's so cold," Leo whispered. His breath came out in thick white
Chapter 193
CRACK.With a sound like a glass window shattering into a million pieces, Luna exploded.She did not hurt anyone. She just turned into a cloud of tiny, glowing white butterflies made of light. The butterflies swirled around Jayden once, and then they all rushed into his chest. They sank deep into his heart, returning to his base code to hide and heal.Jayden was left kneeling on the street. He was completely alone in his own mind. For years, Luna had always been a voice in his head. She had warned him of danger. She had kept him company. Now, it was just total, empty silence.But the silence only lasted for one second.BEEEEEEP.A massive, deafening alarm rang inside Jayden’s brain. It was so loud it made his teeth vibrate.In front of his eyes, his normal blue System screens popped open. But they were not blue anymore.They were a bright, blinding, terrifying gold.SYSTEM ALERT, the golden letters read.USER 'JAYDEN' HAS ACHIEVED MAXIMUM INFLUENCE THRESHOLD.LOCAL NETWORK OVERRIDE DE
Chapter 192
Many people in the crowd began to lower their heads. Some of the tough men in the back, who had brought metal pipes and chains to watch the fight, slowly let their weapons drop. Clang. Clatter. The metal hit the street. They felt a deep shame in their hearts. Jayden’s words were simple, but they cut deeper than any knife.They felt the warmth of his truth. They felt the empathy.But the world is never that simple. Not everyone wants to be saved. Not everyone wants to let go of their anger.Suddenly, a loud, angry voice broke the beautiful silence."You are a liar!"A man pushed his way to the front of the crowd. His name was David. He was a big, heavy man with a thick beard. He wore a dirty leather jacket. His right eye was completely white and blind from an old fight. David held a heavy iron wrench in his hand. He pointed the wrench at Jayden."You are a liar, Halo!" David screamed. He was shaking with rage. Spit flew from his lips. "You stand there with your magic healing blood and
Chapter 191
The cold wind blew hard off the Hudson River. It swept through the dark, broken streets of New York City. It carried the smell of old rain, burnt rubber, and wet concrete.In the middle of Broadway, the famous street was ruined. Yellow taxi cabs were flipped upside down. The glass from their windows covered the road like a blanket of cheap diamonds. High above, a giant digital billboard flickered. It was broken, flashing a bright, blinding white light every few seconds.Under that flashing light stood Jayden.He was a terrible sight to see. His dark coat was ripped into shreds. His shirt was soaked in his own blood. His face was covered in dark bruises and deep cuts. For the last hour, he had taken the worst beating of his life. He had been crushed by gravity. He had been punched with kinetic energy. He had been hit so many times his bones had turned to dust inside his body.But he was still standing.Around him, a massive crowd of New Yorkers watched in absolute silence. There were t
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