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Chapter 8: Memory of the First
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The train yard was silent at sunrise. Old metal gleamed with frost. Somewhere nearby, a stray dog barked once and went quiet again.

Inside an abandoned sleeper car, Aiden activated the beacon chip Rhea had implanted in his system back when she first recruited him.

Beacon Code Verified Access Granted: ECHO ARCHIVE

Location: Undercity Sector 9, Sub-Level Theta. Time-Lock Signature Required.

He took a deep breath.

“Let’s go.” Sector 9 had been abandoned for years. Once a thriving logistics network, now it was a maze of broken catwalks and sunken elevators.

Aiden reached the designated terminal: a rusted panel half-swallowed by roots. He placed his palm on it.

[BIO-SIGNATURE CONFIRMED Welcome, Cross Lineage

The ground beneath him shifted a hidden elevator groaning to life. Dust spiraled in the shaft as it descended.Darkness swallowed him whole.

The Echo Archive wasn’t a room. It was a memory made manifest. The elevator opened into a space that didn’t follow any logic.

Walls shifted like
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