Home / System / System Activated: Divine Talent Granted / CHAPTER 326. The Silent Network
CHAPTER 326. The Silent Network
Author: Yeshua Yin
last update2025-11-09 23:50:38
Midnight in the academy was not truly dark. Lights hummed faintly beneath the surface of the walls, like veins of electricity.

Drones hovered over the sleeping courtyards. The air was cold and still, too quiet, as if even the wind held its breath.

Oliver moved through the shadows with Billy beside him. The tunnels beneath the eastern ridge stretched long and metallic, their floors slick with condensation.

Billy adjusted the scanner in his hand. “You sure this is the right way?”

Oliver nodded. “
Continue to read this book for free
Scan the code to download the app

Latest Chapter

  • Chapter 733

    The black ice spread across the dark lake. It cracked and popped as it froze the water. Commander Oliver stood on the metal boat. He watched the perfect clone on the high rock cliff. The clone was smiling. Oliver drew his combat knife. He judged the distance to the cliff. He noted the thickness of the growing ice. He was ready to cross the frozen lake and kill his copy. But the quiet lake lied. The sonic bomb had destroyed the Mother Serpent. It had killed millions of babies. But the massive sound wave had dug too deep into the mud. It had disturbed something much older. Something that did not care about sound. The black water beneath Oliver’s boat suddenly exploded. A colossal, jagged shape burst from the freezing depths. It was an Apex Serpent. It was completely covered in thick, dark iron plates instead of crystal. The sonic blast had not scratched it. The beast slammed its massive, iron-plated head directly into the bottom of the boat. The heavy metal skiff flipped comple

  • Chapter 732

    The giant Mother Serpent opened her mouth. The bright green acid glowed like a dying star in her throat. The heat burned Oliver’s face.The perfect clone stood on the high rock, smiling. "You have nothing left, Oliver. Die."Oliver did not speak. His cold gray eye stared at the monster. His mind processed the terrible truth of the cavern. Millions of baby serpents were waking up in the water. The Mother Serpent was massive. If his squad stayed and fought, they would run out of bullets in three minutes. They would run out of strength in four. A war of attrition was a guaranteed defeat.Oliver did not fight battles he could not win. He changed the rules.He listened. The alien black coin in his chest pulsed deeply. The dark magic flooded his brain with screaming whispers. But Oliver ignored the fear in the voices. He focused purely on the sound. He focused on the exact vibration of the whispers. It was a high, ringing tone that made the water around the boat ripple."Billy," Oliver comm

  • Chapter 731

    The heavy metal boats drifted slowly into the massive cavern. The dark, rushing river turned shallow. The wild water calmed into a perfectly still, pitch-black lake. Commander Oliver stood at the front of the lead boat. His black metal right arm glowed faintly in the dark. His burning red Wraithborn eye scanned the cavern. Hanging from the high, rocky ceiling were thousands of human bodies. They were wrapped tightly in thick, glowing purple webs. High above the center of the lake, Captain Jax hung asleep in a magical trap. His life force was slowly draining away into the stone. But Oliver did not just look up. He looked down at the black water. The water was not empty. Just below the surface, thousands of large, glowing green shapes rested in the thick mud. They were perfectly round. They pulsed with a sick, soft light. Eggs. This was not just a prison for captured humans. It was a hatchery. It was the Nesting Grounds for the giant river serpents. And the human bodies hanging a

  • Chapter 730

    The giant blue eye blinked. The black water spun into a massive, violent whirlpool."Hold on!" Sergeant Miller screamed.The boats did not fall into the giant mouth. The rushing water pulled them sideways. A massive wave picked up the heavy metal skiffs and threw them hard into the dark rock wall. But it was not a solid wall. It was a crack in the stone. The boats crashed into a tight, jagged tunnel. The water rushed through the narrow gap like a wild, angry river. The thick metal sides of the boats scraped against the sharp black rocks. SCREEECH! Bright orange sparks flew into the dark air."We are in The Narrows!" Billy cried. He grabbed the metal railing so he would not fall out. "The water is moving too fast! I cannot steer!"Commander Oliver stood at the front of the shaking boat. He did not fall. His heavy boots locked onto the metal floor. The dark magic in his black metal arm kept him perfectly balanced. He looked at the tight, rocky tunnel. The ceiling was only ten feet a

  • Chapter 729

    The giant blue eye blinked. The black water spun into a massive, violent whirlpool."Hold on!" Sergeant Miller screamed.The boats did not fall into the giant mouth. The rushing water pulled them sideways. A massive wave picked up the heavy metal skiffs and threw them hard into the dark rock wall. But it was not a solid wall. It was a crack in the stone. The boats crashed into a tight, jagged tunnel. The water rushed through the narrow gap like a wild, angry river. The thick metal sides of the boats scraped against the sharp black rocks. SCREEECH! Bright orange sparks flew into the dark air."We are in The Narrows!" Billy cried. He grabbed the metal railing so he would not fall out. "The water is moving too fast! I cannot steer!"Commander Oliver stood at the front of the shaking boat. He did not fall. His heavy boots locked onto the metal floor. The dark magic in his black metal arm kept him perfectly balanced. He looked at the tight, rocky tunnel. The ceiling was only ten feet ab

  • Chapter 728

    The heavy metal boats drifted on the pitch-black water. There was no light. There was no sound. The deep, flooded cavern was completely dead. Commander Oliver stood at the very front of the lead boat. His body was awake. The dark magic had rebooted his heart. The black alien metal now covered almost his entire face. Only his human gray eye remained. His other eye burned with a bright, evil red fire. He held the alien black coin in his metal hand. Billy had given it back to him. Only Oliver was strong enough to hold it. "The water is too deep," Billy whispered from the second boat. His hands shook as he held his cracked computer tablet. "My radar is blind. The magic in the water is blocking all our cameras.""Keep your guns raised," Oliver commanded softly. His voice was a cold, robotic hum in the dark. "I will be your eyes."Oliver closed his human eye. He turned on the sonar inside his helmet. A thin wave of green digital light swept across his dark visor. It bounced off the cave

More Chapter
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on MegaNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
Scan code to read on App