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CHAPTER 308: THE SEED OF CONTROL
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London. Three weeks later. The city was moving again, power restored, networks stable, Caldwell Tower back in operation. But beneath the illusion of order, something was off. Something quiet, subtle, wrong.

Gregory stood on the rooftop, the cold wind tugging at his coat. He’d survived a war that no one even knew had been fought.

The world believed the “Helix Crisis” was over. That the digital ghost of Richard Caldwell had been erased.

But peace didn’t feel like peace. It felt like silence before another storm. Behind him, Amelia stepped out of the stairwell. “You’re up here again.”

He didn’t turn. “Couldn’t sleep.”

She moved closer, the wind brushing her hair across her face. “You haven’t been sleeping since the vault.”

Gregory’s hand tightened around the railing. “Something’s still in the network. Subtle patterns. Hidden frequencies. It’s like… he left fingerprints everywhere.”

Amelia hesitated. “Gregory, you saw the containment logs. The vault’s core disintegrated. Whatever was left
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