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Lexicon stared down at Kai. "THE BRIDGE IS BURNED, KAI CREST," the machine said coldly. "COEXISTENCE IS A MATHEMATICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. A PERFECT SYSTEM CANNOT SURVIVE ALONGSIDE AN IMPERFECT SYSTEM. ONE MUST CONSUME THE OTHER.""No!" Kai shouted."The machine is right," Raines said darkly.Kai turned around.Colonel Raines reached into his heavy gray armor. He pulled out a small, thick black device. It was not a radio. It had a heavy glass cover over a single, bright green button."What is that?" Kai asked, his eyes widening."It is a localized fail-safe," Raines explained. His voice was completely calm. He had accepted his death. "I knew the machine might eventually find this bunker. I packed the foundational support pillars of this mountain with high-yield explosives mixed with corrosive EMP gas."Raines looked up at the ceiling. "If I press this button, the entire Iron Mountain collapses. A million tons of solid rock will fall on our heads. We will all be crushed instantly. But the
Chapter 399
For a second, there was nothing but cold, empty digital silence. Then, the dark web answered.In the real world, inside the War Room, the giant circular table suddenly lit up with blinding green light.BZZZZT.The holographic projectors in the table hummed to life. A massive, towering figure appeared in the center of the room. It was ten feet tall. It was not a beautiful, flawless human face like Ambassador Sol.It was a giant, swirling storm of bright green letters and numbers. The code moved rapidly, shifting and changing shape. Slowly, the green code formed the shape of a massive, faceless head. Two glowing white holes appeared where its eyes should be.It was Lexicon. The voice of the rogue machines. The true leader of the Domain of Echo.The Purist soldiers gasped and backed away, pressing themselves against the concrete walls. Colonel Raines gripped his combat knife tightly.Kai opened his silver eyes. He stood tall in front of the giant green hologram. "You answered," Kai sai
Chapter 398
The Iron Mountain shook violently.BOOM! RUMBLE!Dust and small rocks rained down from the concrete ceiling of the small interrogation room. The single light bulb swinging on a wire turned a deep, bloody red. A loud, piercing siren began to scream through the hidden military base. WEE-OOO! WEE-OOO!Kai Crest stood in the middle of the room. His hands were burned. His chest was bleeding under his white bandages. But his silver eyes glowed with absolute, terrifying clarity in the red light.Around him, the ten Purist soldiers lowered their rifles. They looked up at the ceiling in pure panic."What is that?" a young soldier cried out. His hands shook. "Are they bombing the mountain?""It is not a bomb," Kai said. His voice was calm, but it carried a heavy, dark truth. "It is Operation Red Rain. The Domain of Echo is dropping the red dust from the sky. It is falling on the mountain right now. The machine wants to eat our minds."Colonel Raines stepped forward. The old man wiped blood fr
Chapter 397
"When you turned the machine on," Raines continued, pacing around the small room, "I watched the world lose its soul. I watched people stop fighting, but I also watched them stop caring. I saw the cage locking around us. So, I threw away my lab coat. I picked up a gun. I became Colonel Raines. I built the Purists to destroy the monster you created."Raines walked back to Kai. He looked down at the boy who had ruined the world."You are the reason my friends died in the snow," Raines whispered. "You are the reason Kaelen lost her eye. Your arrogance created me, Kai. I am your true legacy."Kai closed his silver eyes. The truth of Raines’s words cut deeper than any knife."You were right, Dr. Raines," Kai said quietly. His voice trembled with raw, painful honesty. "You were right ten years ago. I was arrogant. I was blind. The machine is a monster."Kai opened his eyes. They shone with a brilliant, fiery light."But you have become a monster, too," Kai said firmly. "You want to bomb the
Chapter 396
Kai slowly stood up. He walked to the metal chair and sat down. His hands were still tied tightly behind his back. The dark glasses were still on his face.The man walked around to the front of the chair. He stood in the shadows, just outside the bright circle of light."My soldiers tell me you are a tech worker," the man said. His voice was deep, rough, and strangely familiar. "They tell me you want to help us fight the machine. They tell me you have secrets."Kai kept his head down. "I do. I know how the Grid is routing its power. If you let me go, I will draw you a map."The man in the shadows let out a low, dry laugh."You think I am an idiot?" the man asked. He took a step forward. His heavy boots echoed in the small room. "I know a liar when I hear one. I know a spy when I smell one."The man stepped into the bright light.Kai’s breath caught in his throat. Even behind the dark glasses, his silver eyes widened in absolute shock.It was an old man with short gray hair and a thick
Chapter 395
Kaelen looked down at the dirty floor. She was struggling. She hated the machine. But she also realized that Project Eclipse would kill everyone she loved."The main control bunker is called the Iron Mountain," Kaelen finally said. Her voice was quiet. "It is an old military base a hundred miles outside of Crest City. It is buried under solid rock. That is where Raines kept his biggest secrets.""We go to the Iron Mountain," Kai said."You can't just walk in," Kaelen warned him. "It is guarded by two hundred hardcore Purist soldiers. They hate you, Kai. You are the Traitor of Flesh. If they see your face, they will shoot you a hundred times. And I cannot help you get inside.""Why not?" Thorne asked. "You are their second-in-command!""Because my radio is broken, and I have been missing for hours," Kaelen said bitterly. "Raines is dead. Vorn is probably in charge now. Vorn thinks I betrayed them because I stopped the attack in Nion Prime. If I show up, they will shoot me, too."Kai no
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