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The Hidden Facility
The golden map remained suspended above the terminal.A single point blinked in the darkness.Alex stared at it.“Can you identify the location?”The system responded immediately.> [LOCATION IDENTIFICATION COMPLETE.]> [DISTANCE: 184.7 MILES.]> [FACILITY STATUS: ABANDONED.]> [PUBLIC RECORD STATUS: NONEXISTENT.]Victor stepped closer.“Nonexistent?”Victoria folded her arms.“You mean no government records?”“No,” Victor said. “I mean no records at all.”Alex looked at the coordinates.“Then we're going.”Victor's expression tightened.“You don't know what's there.”Alex glanced at Grace.“I know the first host disappeared there.”“We don't know that.”“Then we'll find out.”Grace quietly took Alex's hand.“I remember the place.”Alex looked down at her.“You're sure?”She nodded.“Not everything. Just pieces.”“What pieces?”Grace looked toward the map.“A door.”She swallowed.“And a voice.”Alex's eyes narrowed.“What did the voice say?”Grace shook her head.“I can't remember.”
The Missing Final Record
The screen remained black.Nobody spoke.Alex stared at the last message the archive had displayed.> [WHOEVER ERASED IT DID NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW THE FIRST FATHER ENDED.]The words felt heavier than they should have.The first known human host had been a struggling father, just like Alex.He had received the same strange power.He had spent his rewards on his children.He had reached a level of wealth that should have been impossible.And then, somewhere near the end of his story, everything had vanished.Not just the man.His final record.His ending.Someone had deliberately removed it.Victoria stepped closer to the terminal.“Can you recover it?”Victor shook his head.“Not directly.”“Why?”“Because this isn't ordinary deletion.”He pointed at the screen.“Someone didn't simply erase the file. They erased the system's reference to the file.”Alex frowned.“So there should be nothing left.”“Exactly.”Grace suddenly spoke.“There is something left.”Everyone turned toward her.
The First Father
The room remained silent long after Grace's final words.The system wasn't created by humans.Alex couldn't stop hearing them.Victor stood beside the table, staring at the original card. The golden circle had stopped glowing violently, but something about it had changed. It no longer looked like an ordinary object.It looked like a piece of something much larger.Something none of them understood.Alex looked at Grace.“You said the system existed before humans knew about it.”Grace nodded slowly.“I think so.”“And you were connected to it before you became human.”“Yes.”“Then there must be records.”Victor immediately looked toward the black archive terminal.“There are.”Everyone turned.The screen had come back on.Unlike the previous archive interface, this one wasn't displaying dates or host names.It displayed a single sentence.> [HISTORICAL HOST ARCHIVE — ACCESSING EARLIEST RECOVERABLE RECORD.]Victor stepped closer.“I've never accessed this section.”Alex looked at him.“
Grace Remembers
“I think it knows me.”Grace’s words hung in the room.Nobody moved.The original card remained suspended above the table, glowing with a soft golden light that seemed completely different from the usual blue-white glow of Alex’s system. The circle engraved into its surface had become brighter, and the infinity symbol inside it was slowly rotating.Victor Kane stared at Grace as though he had just seen something impossible.Alex looked from the card to Grace.“Grace?”She didn't answer.Her eyes were fixed on the card.For several seconds, she simply stood there, perfectly still. Then she lifted one small hand and pressed it against her chest.“My heart…”Victoria immediately stepped closer.“What is wrong?”Grace shook her head.“I don't know.”Alex crouched beside her.“Does it hurt?”“No.”Grace frowned.“It feels like… remembering.”The moment she said that, the original card flashed.A wave of golden light spread across the room.The windows rattled.The lights flickered.Every s
Grace Remembers
“I think it knows me.”Grace’s words hung in the room.Nobody moved.The original card remained suspended above the table, glowing with a soft golden light that seemed completely different from the usual blue-white glow of Alex’s system. The circle engraved into its surface had become brighter, and the infinity symbol inside it was slowly rotating.Victor Kane stared at Grace as though he had just seen something impossible.Alex looked from the card to Grace.“Grace?”She didn't answer.Her eyes were fixed on the card.For several seconds, she simply stood there, perfectly still. Then she lifted one small hand and pressed it against her chest.“My heart…”Victoria immediately stepped closer.“What is wrong?”Grace shook her head.“I don't know.”Alex crouched beside her.“Does it hurt?”“No.”Grace frowned.“It feels like… remembering.”The moment she said that, the original card flashed.A wave of golden light spread across the room.The windows rattled.The lights flickered.Every s
The Original Card
The strange symbol continued glowing on the old card.Alex stood frozen in the center of the room, the ancient-looking object still resting in his hand.Victor had gone completely silent.That frightened Alex more than anything the system had displayed.A man who had spent years studying the Cashback System should have had an explanation.Instead, Victor looked genuinely confused.Alex glanced at him."You said you've never seen that symbol before.""I haven't.""Then what is it?"Victor shook his head."I don't know."The golden symbol beneath the infinity mark pulsed again.Grace suddenly appeared at the entrance of the room.She had been playing with the other children, but now she stood there staring at the card.Alex noticed immediately."Grace?"She didn't answer.Her eyes remained fixed on the object in his hand.Victor turned toward her.His expression changed."You."Grace tilted her head."Me?"Victor slowly stepped backward."Don't come any closer."Alex immediately moved b
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