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Chapter 418
Kai did not look at the bald man. He looked at the people. He saw the mother holding her baby. He saw Elara, the baker. He saw Tomas, the mechanic. He saw Elian.Kai raised the thick leather book. "I am not a king," Kai said softly. His voice carried across the silent plaza. "I am not here to arrest you. I am not here to tell you what to do."Kai held the book out toward them. "I did not bring you a new law," Kai said gently. "I brought you a mirror."Kai opened the book to the very first page. He did not yell. He read the words with a warm, steady, beautiful voice."Value is no longer defined by what we lack, but by what we provide," Kai read. "The zero-sum game was a localized illusion, a nightmare we agreed to dream."The words floated over the crowd. They were simple words, but they held the heavy, undeniably true math of the new world."Look at the gold in your hands," Kai said, lowering the book. "Ask yourselves, what can you build with it? Can you eat it? Can it keep you warm i
Chapter 417
As Kai wrote in the quiet, warm study, the night slowly turned into morning. Outside, in the real world, the city of Crest was waking up. The sun rose over the tall glass buildings.Down in the central plaza, the giant piles of gold, shiny diamonds, and black iron coins still lay on the red bricks. The people of the city walked out of their homes. They gathered around the edges of the plaza. They stared at the wealth of the old world.Some people looked scared. But others looked hungry. Their eyes darted back and forth. They remembered what it felt like to be rich. They remembered what it felt like to be better than their neighbors.In the study, Kai’s pencil moved rapidly across the paper. Scratch. Scratch. Scratch. His voice echoed in his own mind as he wrote the words."For ten thousand years, humanity lived in the dark," Kai wrote. "We were taught a terrible lie. We were taught that the world was a very small pie. We were told that if your neighbor took a big slice, your slice wo
Chapter 416
The massive black airship hovered in the dark sky above Crest Tower. It made absolutely zero sound. It had no lights. It blocked out the bright, white moon. It looked like a giant, floating shadow.Kai Crest gripped the cold metal railing of the high balcony. His silver eyes glowed brightly in the night. Beside him, Rhea held her breath."Is it going to bomb us?" Rhea whispered. Her voice was shaking."I don't know," Kai said. He opened the infinite archive inside his mind. He searched the radio waves. He searched the digital networks. But the black airship was completely dark. It was a ghost.Suddenly, the belly of the giant black ship opened. Hundreds of heavy, dark square objects fell out of the ship. They dropped through the cold night air. They fell fast, heading straight for the center of Crest City. They were falling directly toward the Quiet Market."Bombs!" Rhea cried out, covering her head.Kai watched the objects fall. His silver eyes zoomed in. "No. They are not bombs. Th
Chapter 415
The crowd did not stop. They walked slowly, silently forward. Their faces were bathed in the soft purple light from the streetlamps.A young man from the crowd stepped to the front. He was a local mechanic. He held a loaf of hot bread in his hands."You do not need to shoot us," the young man said softly. He held the bread out toward the bald man. "We heard you were angry. Anger usually comes from hunger. Anger comes from feeling alone. You do not need to steal the greenhouse. If you are hungry, we will feed you. Please, eat."The bald man stared at the hot bread. His hands shook. He had prepared for a violent fight. He knew how to fight police drones. He knew how to shoot back at angry soldiers.But he did not know how to fight five hundred people who were offering him a warm meal while looking at him with deep, profound pity."Shut up!" the bald man screamed. His voice cracked with panic. He realized his power was vanishing. He aimed the laser pistol right at the young mechanic's he
Chapter 414
Rhea looked down at her glass data pad. Her smile slowly disappeared. Her dark brown eyes looked worried."What is wrong, Rhea?" Kai asked, his silver eyes flashing with sudden focus."The empathy map," Rhea whispered. She held the pad out to him. "The city is glowing amber, Kai. Most of the people are calm. But... look at this."Kai looked at the screen. The screen showed a digital map of Crest City. Most of the map was covered in a warm, pulsing orange color. But in the top right corner of the map, there was a spot. It was a cluster of deep, dark, icy blue light. It was pulsing rapidly."A cold spot," Kai murmured. The hair on his arms stood up.In the language of the new Grid, blue meant anxiety. Blue meant high heart rates, fast breathing, and terrible fear."It is growing," Rhea said, pointing her finger at the screen. The blue spot was expanding, eating the warm orange light around it. "It is in the Northern District. A massive spike in negative emotion. Hundreds of people are
Chapter 413
The narrow alleyway was perfectly still. The afternoon sun cast long, dark shadows on the stone walls.The man in the dark gray coat held the laser pistol tight. His hand did not shake. He aimed the deadly, old-world weapon right at the glowing silver eyes of Kai Crest."Run, kid!" the man shouted at Elian.But Elian did not run. Elian stood frozen for one single second. He felt the broken piece of the gold coin in his pocket. He remembered the kind, warm eyes of Professor Arthur. He remembered the grace that had saved his soul just an hour ago.Elian did not want to be a thief anymore. He did not want to hide in the shadows. He wanted to live in the light.Elian let out a loud, angry yell. He threw his body forward. He tackled the man in the dark coat."Get off me!" the man roared.The laser pistol fired. ZAAAAAP!A blinding, bright red beam of pure heat shot out of the gun. It missed Kai’s face by exactly one inch. The laser hit the brick wall behind Kai. The brick instantly melted
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