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Chapter 536
The living algorithm inside the tower did not know how to handle total, peaceful inaction. It was a combat computer. It was designed to react to violence. When faced with absolute peace, its processing logic began to stumble.It was like a boxer standing in a ring with a man who refused to put his gloves up. The boxer did not know where to punch."Keep typing, Eli," Jayden whispered out of the corner of his mouth, never taking his eyes off the tower. "I am distracting it."Eli’s blue hologram nodded frantically. The old hacker’s fingers flew across his digital keyboard. Green code spun rapidly around him. "I see it! The node is lowering its processing firewalls! Because you are not attacking, it is dedicating less power to its defense shields! It is trying to use its power to predict your next move instead!""Hurry," Jayden said.But the System was not just a dumb, passive rock. It was highly advanced.If
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Eli pointed to the massive, smoking trench in the street."When you punched it with the Void Field, the node recorded the exact vibration, the exact wavelength, and the exact amount of force," Eli said rapidly. "It absorbed your energy, processed it in one millisecond, and then weaponized it. It threw your own strength back at you.""So I will hit it with something else," Jayden said stubbornly. "I will use raw kinetic force. I will tear it apart with my bare hands.""You don't understand!" Eli pleaded, floating closer to Jayden’s face. "Every time you hit it, it builds an immune response to that specific frequency! If you punch it with kinetic force, it will instantly become completely immune to kinetic force forever. And worse, it will reflect that kinetic force back at you tenfold!"Jayden stared at the black tower.The glowing amber lines of code on the metal surface were shifting. They were changing patterns. They were moving
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Suddenly, the deep humming sound of the node changed. The sound pitched higher. It turned into a sharp, painful whine.The glowing amber lines of computer code crawling across the black metal suddenly turned pitch-black.The giant obelisk had not blocked his attack. It had eaten it.The machine was completely quiet for one single, terrifying second. And then, the black metal tower flashed with a blinding, explosive amber light."Jayden, move!" Eli screamed over the radio. His voice was completely frantic.The giant node opened a small, circular port on its smooth surface, exactly where Jayden had punched it.From that small port, a massive, concentrated blast of dark, pitch-black Void energy shot straight out.It was Jayden’s exact same attack. It was the identical frequency. It carried the exact same world-ending, destructive power that Jayden had just used. But it was amplified by the
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Eli typed furiously on his invisible digital keyboard. "It is a Regional Data-Node!" Eli shouted. "The System uses these giant towers to control the magical frequencies of entire cities! It is dropping it here to establish a permanent, unbreakable suppression zone! It wants to lock us in a cage we can never escape!"The giant black obelisk began to hum. The sound vibrated in Jayden’s teeth. He felt a terrible, heavy pressure pushing down on his brain.From the top of the dark metal tower, a thick, glowing amber dome began to spread outward like an umbrella. The dome moved slowly, reaching across the ruined buildings. It was preparing to trap them inside."If that dome closes, we will be stuck here forever," Jayden said. His voice was cold and hard. "And the Devourer will climb out of the hole and eat us.""We have to run!" Maya yelled. She had just climbed out of a nearby alley, holding her melted shotgun. She ran toward them. "Come on!"
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The boiling silver liquid metal rushed across the floor of the massive underground room. It bubbled and hissed like a thick, angry soup. The heat was absolutely terrible. It melted the heavy steel floor grates. It turned the air into a suffocating, burning oven. Jayden did not have time to think. He only had time to act. He lunged forward. He scooped Luna’s limp, unconscious body into his arms. Her white dress was already smoking from the incredible heat. "Dad!" Jayden yelled over the loud, roaring sound of the boiling metal. "We have to go up! Now!"His father, the First Anchor, stood a few yards away. The old man swung his heavy iron chains in a wide circle. The chains smashed into the giant, shadowy face of Mr. Vance. The Devourer hissed in pain and stepped backward, trying to avoid the boiling silver river. "I am right behind you, Jayden!" his father roared. The old man reached down and grabbed little Arthur by the back of his oversized brown coat, lifting the boy onto his shou
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"She is a brave girl," the old man said, looking at Luna’s body on the floor. His voice was rough, but full of pride. "She is stronger than the machine. She reminds me of your mother."The old man turned his pale blue eyes toward Mr. Vance. He swung his heavy iron chains in a wide circle. The chains sparked as they scraped the metal floor. "You are not fighting one man today, parasite," the First Anchor growled. "You are fighting the family."Mr. Vance hissed. The Devourer’s neat grey suit began to tear. Thick, black shadows poured out of his skin. His body expanded, growing into a towering, terrifying vortex of dark purple gravity and hungry void. He opened his massive, shadowy jaws, revealing rows of infinite, sharp teeth. "I WILL EAT YOU BOTH!" the Devourer roared. His voice was so loud the boiling silver rivers splashed out of their trenches. Jayden did not step back. He stepped forward. He stood shoulder-to-shoulder with his father. "Eli," Jayden said softly into the air, kno
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