2025-10-16 00:24:40Rain of data fell from the broken sky, each drop a flash of red code that hissed when it hit the ground.
Jayden stood amid the ruins, chest heaving, ash and pixel-light clinging to his clothes. “Eli!” he shouted into the smoke. “Answer me!”
No reply, only the hum of static where a friend should have been. He turned, jaw tight. The message burned into the cracked street still pulsed faintly: “Welcome to the Core Tower, Code Breaker.”
His fists clenched. “Code Breaker… what does that even mean?”
A soft chime answered from within his mind: [New Quest: Enter the Mirror Tower. Reward, Truth Fragment.]
He stared at the words, anger and dread twisting together. “Truth, huh? Then you’d better be ready for mine.”
The Tower rose in the distance, a black spire splitting the clouds. Every wall reflected fragments of the city, each reflection showing a different version of him, smiling, bleeding, dying.
He stepped inside. The door sealed shut with a metallic sigh. “System,” he muttered, “scan for threats.”
[Warning, Environment unstable. Psychological hazards detected.]
Great. Psychological. Just what he needed. A voice echoed down the corridor, soft and mocking. “Jayden Cross… hero of Zone Two, savior of the ghosts. Tell me, do you even know who you’re saving?”
He spun around. “Show yourself!”
The mirrors lining the hall rippled. Out stepped another Jayden, same face, same eyes, but his smile was cruel. “What is this?”
“I’m you,” the reflection said. “The version that stopped pretending.”
Jayden raised his sword. “You’re not real.”
The other smirked. “Real enough to bleed you.”
They clashed, steel against steel, sparks scattering across the mirrored floor. Every movement echoed like thunder.
“Why fight yourself?” the reflection taunted. “You wanted power. You wanted to win. Admit it, you like killing.”
“Shut up!” Jayden shouted, striking harder.
The mirror version caught his blade bare-handed. Blood, real, red, dripped onto the floor. “See? Even now, you hesitate. That’s why she’ll die.”
Jayden froze. “She?”
“Luna,” the reflection whispered. “She’s fading faster every minute you waste.”
Jayden’s heartbeat thundered. “Where is she?”
The reflection smiled sadly. “Ask the one who made this world.”
The walls trembled. Lines of code crawled across the mirrors. One by one they shattered, revealing endless copies of Jayden staring back.
He fell to one knee, clutching his head. Voices overlapped, his own voice, hundreds of it. “You failed. You couldn’t save her. You don’t deserve to leave.”
“System!” he gasped. “Override! Purge memory loop!”
[Denied. Host must confront himself.]
“Fine,” he growled. “Then I’ll face it.”
He slammed his sword into the ground. Light exploded outward. Each reflection screamed as it dissolved into white dust.
Silence returned, until footsteps echoed from deeper inside. Jayden looked up. Luna stood there, pale and shaking, her eyes glassy. “Luna!”
Relief flooded his chest. He ran forward, but stopped. Something was wrong. Her movements were too smooth, her smile too empty. “You came,” she said softly. “You always come.”
He swallowed hard. “You’re not her.”
“Does it matter?” she whispered, stepping closer. “You need me. You can’t fight alone.”
He backed away. “Where is the real Luna?”
The copy tilted her head. “Real? She’s code now. Like everything else you love.”
Rage flashed in his eyes. “You’re lying!”
She reached out, touching his face. “Then prove it. Kill me, if you can tell the difference.”
Jayden’s grip trembled on his sword. Her voice, her warmth, it felt too real. The system pulsed.
[Warning: Emotional Corruption at 70%.]
He shouted through clenched teeth, “Get out of my head!”
The fake Luna smiled sadly. “You already let me in.”
She lunged. He barely blocked, sparks flying. Her strength was inhuman. Every strike forced him backward until his back hit the mirror wall. “Stop!” he yelled. “I won’t fight you!”
“Then die,” she whispered, blade aimed at his heart.
At the last instant, Jayden twisted, catching her wrist and plunging his sword through her chest. Her eyes widened. “Jayden.”
The image flickered, breaking apart into light. Her final words were a whisper. “Find me… before he deletes me.”
The light burst, shattering every remaining mirror. Jayden fell to his knees, breath ragged, sword dripping with pixel-blood.
[Mirror Trial Completed. Reward, Truth Fragment Unlocked.]
A small crystal hovered before him, glowing softly. Inside it, Luna’s face. “System,” he said hoarsely, “play it.”
The crystal projected a recording, Luna, alive, terrified. “Jayden… if you’re seeing this, I’m trapped in the central core. The system, my brother’s mind, it’s rewriting Eden. It thinks pain makes people evolve. Please… stop him.”
The image vanished. Jayden gripped the crystal, tears burning his eyes. “I swear… I’ll bring you back.”
A low laugh filled the air, smooth and metallic. [You still believe you can save her? How touching.]
Jayden looked up, fury replacing grief. “Game Master.”
[You’ve proven strong, Code Breaker. Strong enough for the next layer.]
The ground split beneath his feet, forming a spiral of light. [Welcome to the Sky Isles, where even gods fall.]
Wind roared upward. Jayden tried to resist, but the pull was too strong. The crystal slipped from his fingers as he was dragged into the vortex. “Luna!” he shouted as the world dissolved into blinding white.
The last thing he saw was the crystal shattering, and her voice, faint but clear, echoing through the storm. “Don’t forget me.”
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Chapter 88. Echo’s Farewell
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Chapter 87. The Dawn Of Duality
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Chapter 86. The Rewrite
The fortress shook like a dying star as Jayden stepped deeper into the collapsing heart of Eden. Walls of pure light trembled around him, folding and unfolding like wounded wings. Broken memories drifted through the air as floating shards, each fragment showing a moment from someone’s life, someone’s joy, someone’s pain. The whole chamber felt alive and dying at the same time.Aira and Mira held the defenders outside, but Jayden barely heard the distant explosions anymore. His pulse was louder. His breath was louder. His heartbeat echoed in the chamber like a fading drum. He knew she was here.The crystal at the center of the chamber floated like a giant pearl made of starlight. It pulsed with a gentle rhythm that felt familiar, like a heartbeat he had once known better than his own. The light inside shifted softly, shaping into a woman’s silhouette. His chest tightened. “Luna,” he whispered.Her form sharpened into a face carved from pure light. Soft eyes. A calm smile. A sorro
Chapter 85. The Queen’s Ultimatum
The fortress core trembled like a giant heart struggling to stay alive. Every wall shimmered with blue cracks, sending thin shards of light tumbling into the air like falling snow. Jayden ran through the corridor with heavy steps, his wings blazing behind him in a mixture of red and blue. Dust fell from above as the entire structure groaned.Ahead, Aira and Echo stood before a massive crystal chamber. The crystal towered toward the ceiling in a twisting spiral shape, almost like a frozen storm reaching into the sky. Deep inside its center shone a soft, warm light. A face glimmered within that light, half human and half code.Luna.Aira turned when she heard Jayden’s footsteps. Her eyes looked tired, dim behind the glow of her shifting form. “You made it,” she said quietly. Her voice trembled, as if she had been holding her breath the entire time.Jayden slowed to a stop. His chest rose and fell with sharp breaths. “Is she awake?”Aira nodded. “More than awake. She is aware. Fully.”
Chapter 84. The Two Jaydens
The fortress shook with every pulse of light as Jayden walked deeper into its heart. The long halls of glass and memory stretched endlessly around him, glowing in soft blue patterns that rippled like a heartbeat. The lunar dust he had carried in on his boots scattered with each step, settling into cracks between the crystal tiles. Every sound echoed in the vast chamber, creating faint whispers that followed behind him like ghosts.He felt the pressure of Luna’s presence everywhere, like a warm wind pushing against his chest. Her code ran through the walls, swirling in slow currents. Somewhere ahead, she waited.But he also felt something else creeping beneath his skin, something colder, sharper, and full of old wounds. His own shadow.Jayden reached a massive door shaped like overlapping wings. When his hand touched the surface, the wings shifted open without sound. A wave of bright white light poured out, flooding the corridor and making his eyes water. He stepped through and en
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