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Chapter 198
An Enforcer with a whip of red fire managed to slip around the side of the barricade. He sneaked into the camp. He saw a young man running away carrying a box of medical supplies.The Enforcer swung his whip. The red fire wrapped around the young man’s chest. With a sickening crunch, the young man fell to the ground, completely dead.The moment the young man died, a blinding flash of red light shot up from his body and entered the Enforcer.The Enforcer screamed in pleasure. His muscles instantly grew larger. The black glass armor on his chest expanded. His fire whip grew twice as long and burned twice as hot."I have the kill!" the Enforcer roared, laughing like a maniac. "I am rewarded!"Leo watched this happen with absolute horror.This was Caelum’s rule. Strength-only doctrine. Every time a Purist killed someone, the global Prime System rewarded them. It gave them the dead person's energy. It made them faster, stronger, and more deadly.Briggs saw the kill and smiled. "Do you see,
Chapter 197
The sky over New York City was the color of dirty iron. The sun was hidden behind thick, grey clouds. Smoke rose from burning cars and ruined buildings, twisting into the cold air.The city was no longer just a place where people lived. It was a war zone.In just a few days since the battle in Times Square, the world had completely broken apart. It was not just a small fight anymore. It was not just a few bad people making trouble. The concrete streets of New York were literally painted with thick, bright lines, dividing the city into three different worlds.There were the Gold Zones. These belonged to the Halo Loyalists. People like Leo, David, and Martha. They painted thick yellow lines on the ground around their neighborhoods. They believed in Jayden. They believed that power was meant for protection. They used their soft blue, silver, and green Proto-Systems to build shields, to heal the sick, and to endure. They did not want to conquer the world; they only wanted to build a safe
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
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