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11— The Path That Will Lead Them to the Origin

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Mike didn’t respond immediately to Hilary’s question. His thoughts were a whirlwind inside his head, but something compelled him to keep walking, as if a powerful magnet refused to let him stray from his path, no matter how much he tried. The forest carved its way through the night’s mist, and after a stretch of sepulchral silence, the two of them found themselves standing before a fissure in the mountain.

It didn’t look natural. The rocks formed a sort of perfect arch, and a cold, dense air escaped from within, as if that entrance were breathing on its own, giving Mike and Hilary the unsettling impression that it was alive.

“A cave…” Hilary murmured, rubbing her arms against the sudden drop in temperature. No matter how thick her long-sleeved uniform was, it wasn’t nearly enough to keep her warm the way an ordinary jacket would have.

Mike stepped forward, holding the flashlight in one hand and the weapon still trembling with red energy in the other. The glow barely skimmed the surfac

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12 — Encounter with the Wise Man
The silence of the new world was so profound that even the crunch of leaves beneath their feet sounded unbearably loud. Mike and Hilary moved cautiously, their eyes scanning every corner of the landscape that seemed pulled straight from a dream—or from a memory long forgotten by time.Then, without warning, the same voice that had invited them in resounded once more, this time much clearer, as if descending from the very heights of the sky. Though they could not see him, he was there—for them.“Mike…” The name was spoken with such solemnity that it froze him in place.Hilary looked at him in alarm, for she heard nothing. Only Mike could hear the voice. Before she could speak, it continued:“Listen closely. This path has been laid out for you. Follow it without straying, and you will find the place where you truly belong… your home.”A shiver ran down Mike’s spine. His home? What in the world was this voice talking about? How could it speak of his home when he was stranded in another w
11— The Path That Will Lead Them to the Origin
Mike didn’t respond immediately to Hilary’s question. His thoughts were a whirlwind inside his head, but something compelled him to keep walking, as if a powerful magnet refused to let him stray from his path, no matter how much he tried. The forest carved its way through the night’s mist, and after a stretch of sepulchral silence, the two of them found themselves standing before a fissure in the mountain.It didn’t look natural. The rocks formed a sort of perfect arch, and a cold, dense air escaped from within, as if that entrance were breathing on its own, giving Mike and Hilary the unsettling impression that it was alive.“A cave…” Hilary murmured, rubbing her arms against the sudden drop in temperature. No matter how thick her long-sleeved uniform was, it wasn’t nearly enough to keep her warm the way an ordinary jacket would have.Mike stepped forward, holding the flashlight in one hand and the weapon still trembling with red energy in the other. The glow barely skimmed the surfac
10 — The Crimson Red Warrior
The contact burned her. Hilary pulled her hand away immediately, shaking her aching fingers as if she had touched red-hot iron. What Hilary didn’t know was that she had felt something more than just a burn, and that it would soon awaken.“Shit!” she exclaimed, her heart racing.Mike’s body began to arch on the ground. Red energy pulsed from his chest, surrounding the rest of his body, like an alternate heart pumping light that expanded in waves throughout the bunker. Each pulse made the metallic walls vibrate, as if responding to the same heartbeat.Hilary instinctively backed away, pressing her back against a rusted console. The darkness had vanished; now everything shone with that reddish glow, sickly and yet fascinating.Mike’s eyes snapped open. There were no pupils, no iris. Only a burning red, liquid, like living embers. His breathing was harsh, forced, but it didn’t seem like pain… it was something else: hunger for something she couldn’t comprehend.“Mike…” Hilary whispered, fe
9 — Living Energy: A New Revelation
Hilary leaned over the rusted metal of the ship, half-buried in the damp, dark sand of the island. The vines seemed to want to claim it as part of the island, as part of themselves, because they embraced it in an inexplicable way. Yet the dull hum emanating from within still vibrated in the air. Mike, frowning, ran his hand across the blackened surface.Never in his life had he thought he would see something like this in person, let alone touch it.“This isn’t as dead as it looks…” he muttered.Their intuition pushed them further beyond the wreckage. Hidden in the jungle’s thickness, barely visible behind a curtain of vines, they discovered what at first seemed like a moss-covered hill. But as they got closer, Hilary distinguished straight lines, too perfect to be natural. With effort, they cleared away branches and soil until the metallic outline was revealed.A sealed bunker.The hatch was covered in symbols that belonged to no human language—nothing resembling what they had ever st
8 — The Island They Never Believed Could Exist
The plane roared across a sky that grew stranger by the minute, a sky nothing like the one Hilary and Mike had been used to seeing all their lives. At first glance, the ocean below looked like an endless mirror, but as they flew deeper, Mike noticed the clouds swirling in unnatural patterns, as if the wind itself refused to obey the laws of physics. Hilary felt it too.In all her life as a pilot—though she still considered herself a novice compared to Mike, a seasoned veteran—Hilary had never imagined she would witness the unimaginable. What she once thought were just fantasy stories to explain the unexplainable was now unfolding right before her eyes.“This… doesn’t look normal,” she murmured nervously, staring at the altimeter as it flickered erratically.The dials on the panel began to fail, displaying impossible times. The compass spun wildly, the radar filled with static, and the aircraft’s needle jerked as though trapped inside an invisible magnetic field.Mike clenched his teet
7 — The Unforbidden Flight
Mike opened his mouth to respond, but the African raised his hand, silently asking him to wait—he wanted to speak before his superior returned.His voice dropped to a low, grave whisper, barely audible against the hum of the radars.“Hamilton… listen carefully. Reynolds isn’t as loyal as he pretends to be.” His eyes locked onto Mike’s, dark and tense. “Neither he nor the other high-ranking officers at this base. There’s something they don’t want us to know. Something tied to those objects you saw in the sky—and to the invasion itself.”Mike frowned, keeping quiet, attentive to every word that followed.“Are you saying… they’re working with them?” he asked under his breath, barely moving his lips.The African leaned closer.“I can’t say for certain. But I’m convinced they know far more than they admit. Every mission we’ve been given in recent months—it hasn’t been about defense. It’s been about covering something up.” He paused, swallowing hard, his body trembling with nerves as if eve

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