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Jayden felt a crushing weight settle on his chest. The raw energy was fighting him. It wanted to be released. It wanted to connect to the sky. It wanted to connect to the earth. It was a wild, untamed animal trapped inside a human cage. "How do I turn it off?" Jayden pleaded. His hands shook so hard that sparks of white light flew from his fingertips, leaving tiny burn marks on the concrete floor. "You can't," Eli said sadly. "It is part of your biology now. You just have to endure it. You have to force your mind to stay calm. Do not let the energy control you."Jayden closed his eyes. He took a slow, deep breath. He tried to lock his mind. He tried to build the thick, dark walls around his thoughts. He wanted to be empty. He wanted to be a plain, normal stone. He focused on the sound of his own heartbeat. He squeezed his eyes tighter. He pushed his human willpower down into his hands, ordering the wild, raw energy to go to sleep. But closing his eyes was the worst mistake he coul
Chapter 485
A few seconds later, the room flickered to life. Four old, dusty, caged light bulbs on the ceiling buzzed and turned on. They cast a dim, sickly yellow glow over the room. Jayden looked around. The unmapped substation was a massive, square room made of thick, heavy concrete. It smelled like ancient dust, dried mud, and burning ozone. Giant, rusted metal generators sat in the corners. Thick, heavy black cables hung from the ceiling like dead snakes. It was a forgotten relic of the old American world. It was built decades ago, long before the magic fell from the sky. It was completely analog. There were no digital screens. There were no glowing magical pillars. "We are safe here," Eli announced. His blue hologram floated over the rusted generators. "The walls are lined with old lead and thick copper. The Devourer cannot smell your fear down here. The System cannot scan your brainwaves. You are invisible."Maya let out a long, heavy sigh of relief. She slid down the concrete wall an
Chapter 484
The street level of New York City was no longer a place for human beings. It had become a playground for monsters. Mr. Vance, the ancient cosmic parasite known as the Devourer, had just ripped the glowing red core out of Caelum’s chest. He swallowed it whole. As he ate the corrupted dictator, Mr. Vance’s body began to grow. He expanded into a towering, shifting mass of absolute darkness. He looked like a walking black hole wearing the shredded pieces of an expensive grey suit. Jayden stood on the melted, glass-like asphalt. He held his ground, stepping in front of the little girl who was hiding behind his torn grey coat. He was the Indelible Existence. He could not be killed. But he knew that if he fought the Devourer right here in the open street, the shockwaves of their battle would destroy the city. The little girl would not survive. The innocent people hiding in the nearby buildings would be crushed into dust. "We have to move," Jayden whispered. Suddenly, a heavy hand grabbe
Chapter 483
Jayden slowly turned his head. The white Sentinels of Light, the robotic soldiers of the System, were gone. They had been outside the shield. They had been vaporized by their own machine's weapon. The mutated Shadow-beasts were gone. They had been burned to ash. But two figures had survived the blast. Walking out of the smoking grey dust of the crater was Caelum. The dictator had survived because he had buried himself deep into the digital layer during the blast. His massive, shifting body of black geometric code was badly damaged. Entire blocks of his armor were missing. The red lights in his eyes flickered weakly. But he was still alive. He looked furious. Standing a few yards away from Caelum was Mr. Vance. The Devourer had used his ancient, cosmic gravity magic to shield his own body. His expensive grey suit was burned and covered in ash. The polite, handsome disguise was melting away, revealing the dark, endless void of his true face beneath the skin. The two monsters stepp
Chapter 482
Jayden was not using his own magic. His body was just a fleshy wire conducting the power of three million people. The raw energy tore through his veins. His muscles bulged and shook violently. Blood poured from his nose, his eyes, and his ears. The heat blistered the skin on his arms. "Hold on!" Jayden shouted to himself, gritting his teeth so hard one of them cracked. Above him, the colorful shield bent downward under the terrible weight of the laser. The white light pushed closer and closer to the rooftops. The little girl behind Jayden covered her ears, crying as the heat washed over them. "I can't hold it," Jayden thought, his knees beginning to buckle. The pain was too great. The laser was too heavy. A human body was not meant to channel the energy of a city to block a weapon from space. But then, Jayden felt something inside the magic. He did not just feel raw electricity. He felt the people. He felt David’s stubborn, angry courage pushing against his right arm. He felt Ch
Chapter 481
David looked out his window. The night sky was burning with a terrifying, blinding white light. He realized he was about to die. He did not feel peaceful. He felt angry. He felt human. In another apartment, a teenager named Chloe held her little brother, Toby. They were both smiling blankly in the dark. The television in their room suddenly turned on with a loud blast of static. "They are going to burn your city!" Eli’s voice boomed from the TV. "Jayden is standing in the street! He has no magic! He needs your help! Give him your strength! Not to the machine, but to the man!"Chloe blinked. The blue light faded from her eyes. She looked down at Toby. She remembered the fear. She remembered hiding under the bed from the soldiers. Tears filled Chloe’s eyes. She hugged her brother tightly. She looked at the bright, burning sky outside her window. All across the city of New York, millions of people were waking up. The drug was gone. The fake peace was shattered. They felt the cold
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