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Chapter 73: Level One Glitch
"Get back!" I yelled.I shoved Zeryth and Nyxra toward the edge of the balcony. The giant deity, Ludos, raised a hammer that looked like a falling building. The air around the gold head of the weapon groaned. The space near the hammer warped. It looked like a heat haze on a road."Vaxien, you're Level 1! You can't take that hit!" Zeryth screamed."I know!" I shouted back.I tried to trigger the void. I opened my mouth to pull in the air."Void-Lungs! Now!" I commanded.A red box popped up right in front of my face.[INSUFFICIENT MANA. COST: 500. CURRENT: 10.]"Ten? I only have ten mana?" I choked."We’re all at base stats, you idiot!" Nyxra cried. "Run!"Ludos laughed. The sound made my teeth ache. "Mortals and their skills. You think a glitch can breathe in the presence of a god?"He swung the hammer down. I dived to the left. The hammer hit the marble. The stone turned into white dust. The shockwave sent me rolling."Is that all you got?" Zeryth yelled at the giant. He threw a ro
Chapter 72: Welcome to the Pantheon
"Are you going to hit the air all day or are we moving?" Zeryth barked."I just punched a hole in the universe, Zeryth. Give me a second," I said.My black arm was still humming. The stars inside the skin flickered. I shoved my shoulder into the rip I had made in the dark. "Is that the way up?" Nyxra asked. She pointed at a faint glow of gold at the top of the dark steps."It has to be," I said. "Keep moving. The floor is melting behind us.""I see that! My heels are sinking!" she yelled.We scrambled up the last few steps. My lungs burned. At the very top, two gold doors stood in our way. They were huge. They looked like they belonged in a museum for giants."Locked?" Zeryth asked, checking his rifle."Not for long," I said.I didn't use the mouse. I used the black fist. I swung hard. The gold metal buckled like tin foil. The doors flew open."Welcome to the top floor," I said.We stepped through and the light blinded me. I covered my eyes. The cold smell of the void was gone. Now
Chapter 71: The Logic of Nothingness
"Vaxien! Get up! They’re coming back!" Zeryth yelled."I can't!" I choked out. "The hell you can't! Move your feet!" I looked at my shoulder. Silver fluid leaked from the stump. It wasn't red anymore. It was bright, glowing silver. It dripped onto the grid and turned into smoke. "Is that blood?" Nyxra asked. Her voice was high and thin. "I don't know," I said. "It’s glowing, Vaxien.You’re leaking your code," Zeryth said. He kicked a shark as it tried to snap at his boots. "Get the mouse! Click something!" "I can't reach it," I said. "Reach harder!" Nyxra snapped. She swung her fist at a shark. Her knuckles hit gray, slimy skin. "Ugh! It feels like wet rubber!" "Keep them back!" I shouted. "With what?" Zeryth roared. "My gun is a paperweight! My skills are locked! We’re fighting literal monsters with our bare hands!" "Just punch them!" "I am punching them! It’s like hitting a brick wall made of snot!" The largest shark circled me. It ignored the others. It wanted the silver
Chapter 70: The Void Between
"Watch your step," I said. "Step on what? I can't see a thing," Zeryth barked."The stairs are right there. Keep moving.""There is nothing here, Vaxien! It is just black!" Nyxra shouted. "The air is thin. Just move.""I am not moving another inch until you tell me where we are," Zeryth said. He stopped. His boots made a dull thud on empty air."We are between layers," I said."I figured that out when the sky turned into white noise," Zeryth spat. "Why can you see the path and we can't?""I am holding the mouse. It is a lamp.""A lamp that shows nothing! I am walking on air!" Nyxra yelled."You are not going to fall. Grab my shoulder.""I am not a kid," she muttered. But she gripped my jacket. She was shaking."Zeryth, get over here," I called. "I am fine where I am," he said."You are five feet from the edge," I told him. "And there is no respawn in the void. You fall, you are deleted. For real."He scrambled toward us and grabbed my other shoulder."Don't say a word," Zeryth growled
Chapter 69: The Farewell Patch
"Get that cord in there!" I shouted. "I'm trying, Vaxien! The ports are locked!" Toby screamed. He was sweating over the console. "Kick it!" "What?" "I said kick the damn thing!" Toby slammed his boot into the server rack. The metal groaned. A green light flickered on the monitor. "It's open!" He yelled. "I'm in the root directory!" "Good. Upload the file. Send it all to Layer One." "Earth?" Zeryth asked. He leaned against the wall. "Why bother? That place is a graveyard." "It won't be once I'm done," I said. "You're wasting energy," Zeryth said. "The system will just delete the changes in an hour." "Not if I change the logic," I snapped. "Toby, find the Origin Jungle backup. Restore the whole sector." "Vaxien, that’s massive! The bandwidth will fry the sector!""Do it anyway. I'm not leaving them with nothing." "Okay! Uploading now!" Toby’s fingers were a blur. "Wait. I see a deletion script. It’s targeting every survivor in the Slums." "Block it," I ordered. "I can't jus
Chapter 68: Unplugged
"Sterling! Look at your gauges!" I yelled. I was hanging onto a thick coolant pipe. The air around us was hot and thick."Shut up, glitch! I’ll crush you before the fans kick in!" Sterling roared. His mech’s arm smashed into a piece of falling marble."Toby! How’s he looking?" I shouted."He’s red-lining, Vaxien!" Toby’s voice came through the comms. "The internal temperature is hitting four hundred! If he doesn't vent now, he’s going to pop!""He won't vent because I'm not letting him!" I climbed higher. My boots hissed on the hot metal. "Zeryth! Keep his eyes busy!""Copy that!" Zeryth yelled. A blue bolt hissed through the dark. It hit Sterling’s sensors. "Arrgh! My optics!" Sterling screamed. The mech stumbled. "You’re dead, Zeryth! I’ll delete your whole sector!""You can't even see your feet, Sterling!" Zeryth mocked. "Focus on the guy on your shoulder!"I reached the primary fan. "Time to choke, Director! Vacuum-Lung!"I slammed my palms onto the intake. I felt the skill activ
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