2026-09-29 14:00:32Miles beneath the ruined streets of New York City, the world was completely different.
There was no rain down here. There was no snow. There was no wind. There was no sun.
Deep inside the absolute bottom of the earth, the System had built its home. This place was called the Sub-Root. It was the physical heart of the global magical network. It was the place where all the invisible wires of the world finally came together.
The Sub-Root was a massive, under
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"I am scanning the global network now," Eli said, his rough voice full of urgency. "Vance is moving fast. He is using the magical wires to travel through the physical world.""Where is he going?" Maya asked, looking nervous. "Did he go back down to the Core?"Eli frowned. He stopped typing. His blue hologram went completely pale. "No," Eli whispered. He looked at Jayden with eyes wide with absolute dread. "He didn't go underground. He went to the surface.""Where?" Jayden demanded, stepping closer to the flask."He took her to the Midwest," Eli said slowly. "He took her to the most heavily populated area left in America. He took her to the Sanctuary in Chicago."Jayden’s heart hammered in his chest.Chicago. The Sanctuary. It was a massive, walled city where millions of normal, uninfected humans were hiding. They had built huge physical walls to keep the magic out. They thought they were safe from the System."
Chapter 541
Jayden did not push against the ground. He did not flex his muscles. He did not brace for the terrible pain of the blade.He let out a long, slow breath. He relaxed every single muscle in his body. He let his arms go completely limp. He pressed his cheek against the cold asphalt.He let go of his anger. He let go of his grief over Luna. He let go of his fear of the Devourer. He emptied his mind entirely. He chose absolute, total peace. He chose silence.The heavy, glowing boot on his back suddenly flickered.The Avatar’s blade stopped exactly one millimeter away from Jayden’s skin.The machine froze completely in place.Inside the Avatar’s digital brain, the combat algorithm was running millions of calculations per second. It was looking for the target’s resistance. It was looking for the kinetic energy output so it could mirror the force.But there was no resistance. T
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Jayden forced himself to his hands and knees. Blood dripped from his nose onto the pale sand.Before he could even stand up, the Avatar was there. The glowing white monster kicked Jayden in the chest.Jayden flew backward again, tumbling over the dirt.The Avatar was relentless. It did not pause to talk. It did not smile. It just calculated the most efficient way to inflict maximum damage.Jayden scrambled to his feet. He grabbed a heavy piece of broken asphalt from the ground. He threw it as hard as he could at the Avatar’s head.The Avatar reached its hand out. It created a solid, hard-light shield in the air. The heavy rock hit the shield and turned to dust. Then, the Avatar raised its right hand.A long, glowing white blade of pure kinetic energy slid out of the Avatar’s wrist. It looked exactly like the sharp titanium blades the Executors used, but it was made of blinding light.
Chapter 539
Jayden felt the anger boiling in his chest. He had just lost Luna. He was filled with a deep, dark, explosive rage. He wanted to break something.He wanted to destroy the machine that had caused all this pain. And now, the machine was wearing his own face to mock him."You want to fight?" Jayden growled. He stepped out of the alley and walked onto the highway. "Let's fight.""Jayden, wait!" his father yelled. The First Anchor ran forward, his heavy iron chains rattling in the cold wind. "Do not let your anger control you! That thing is made of pure logic!"Jayden did not listen. He was too angry. He clenched his fists. He pushed his Indelible strength into his legs.He charged.He moved with explosive, terrifying speed. He crossed the distance between them in a microsecond. He pulled his right fist back and threw a massive, devastating punch directly at the Avatar’s face.The Avatar did not dodge.&n
Chapter 538
The dark alley was completely empty. Mr. Vance had vanished into the pitch-black shadows. The Devourer had taken Luna with him.The ancient monster had infected the woman Jayden loved, turning her beautiful white eyes into pools of shining, liquid silver.Jayden ran into the dark alley. His heavy boots splashed in the cold mud. "Luna!" Jayden roared.His voice echoed off the tall, ruined brick walls of the old American casino in the Nevada desert. He reached his bare hands into the shadows. He grabbed nothing but freezing, empty air.He was too late. She was gone.Jayden fell to his knees in the dirt. He slammed his fists into the ground. He hit the earth so hard that the concrete cracked and shattered. Dirt and rocks flew into the air. He did not care that his knuckles were bleeding. He did not care about the pain.His heart was completely broken. He had fought so hard to free her from the machine. He had
Chapter 537
The ground beneath the towering metal node completely gave way. The giant black tower lost its balance. It tilted violently to the side.The massive, heavy Data-Node tipped over. It crashed heavily onto the broken street, smashing into the ruins of an old office building. The impact dented the smooth black metal and snapped the glowing amber lines of code.The five metal spikes fired wildly into the empty sky, completely missing Jayden.The machine was stunned. Its living algorithm had calculated every possible attack against its armor. It had calculated punches, lasers, and Void energy.But it had never calculated that the target would simply destroy the floor beneath it.The machine’s sensors went wild. Error messages flooded its system. It was disoriented and knocked offline for a crucial five seconds."Now, Eli!" Jayden roared over the falling debris.Eli’s blue hologram laughe
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