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Chapter 40. Echoes of Wasted Blood
"If you want to die now, at least give me that book so your death won’t be completely meaningless."Elias’s voice surfaced in Axel’s memory as gravity tore away his footing. He fell into a roaring void. The granite cliff collapsed beneath the thunder of snow, a sound like a giant chewing through bone. The Arctic wind no longer pierced his skin, it slammed into his body like a moving wall of concrete. Axel clutched the thick Project Kronos book to his chest with what little strength he had left. His mind focused on one thing, do not let his father’s history vanish beneath the ice.The bionic system along his spine suddenly screamed. High-frequency vibrations surged through his nerves, triggering an emergency protocol he had never experienced before.[WARNING: TERMINAL VELOCITY DETECTED][ACTIVATING KINETIC BUFFER — PROTOCOL OMEGA]A faint blue light enveloped Axel’s body just before impact. He slammed into the base of the chasm with a deafening crash. Yet the pain he expected never cam
Chapter 39. Sacrifice Protocol
"Because you don’t have a spare life beneath that bionic skin of yours, while I only have one fragile human life."Elias’s voice trembled violently. The rifle barrel pressed against the skin behind Axel’s ear with an unsteady force. Axel could feel droplets of Elias’s cold sweat falling onto his shoulder. Amid the roaring Arctic storm behind them, the mechanical command from the bunker wall felt far more lethal than any bullet."One life for one access entry," Damian Benjamin’s recorded voice repeated."Pull the trigger, Elias. Do it now," Axel challenged. His voice was flat, devoid of emotion, in stark contrast to Elias’s ragged breathing. "My heartbeat is directly linked to this panel. If the biometric sensor detects the death of the key, this bunker will lock itself forever. You’ll freeze to death on this cliff with not a single piece of gold in your pocket.""You’re insane! You think I won’t do it?
Chapter 38. The Glass Bridge
"If you stop now, this snow will become your coffin, and I will let it."Elias’s voice echoed from somewhere ahead, distorted by the roaring wind that carried razor-sharp ice crystals. Axel crawled through knee-deep snow, feeling every inch of his skin pierced by thousands of silver needles. The cold was no longer just temperature, it was a constant, weakening pain. His fingers had long since lost all sensation. He could only feel the coarse pressure of the rope tied around his waist, dragging him forward whenever he lingered too long.Axel raised his hand, trying to bring the monitor on his wrist closer to his ear. The static from the device sounded strange. The digital numbers that were usually stable now fluctuated wildly in the darkness of his vision.[REBOOT STATUS: 4.8%][TIME REMAINING: 31:45:10]The next second, the number jumped to thirty-four hours, then snapped back to thirty-one. The island’s magnetic anomaly was disrupting
Chapter 37. Silent Coast
"Don’t move or your neck will snap against the coral trench."The voice was heavy and hoarse. Axel froze in place. He felt grains of wet sand clinging to his cheek and palms. A sharp, burning pain stabbed into his lungs as he tried to breathe. The stench of rotting algae and the briny reek of the sea pierced his nose. The world was still pitch black. There was no spread of digital data or temperature projections dancing at the corner of his vision. He tried to call out Vayu and Arlo’s names, but his throat felt like it was stuffed with jagged gravel."Who are you?" Axel whispered, his voice nearly swallowed by the roar of the Arctic wind."Just a fisherman who doesn’t want a corpse dirtying his beach this morning," the man replied. Axel heard the scrape of footsteps on sand drawing closer, followed by the dragging sound of a wet fishing net.Axel tried to sit up. His head throbbed violently, as if a hammer were pounding his skull from th
Chapter 36. Black Gravity
“Do you want to die as soldiers or as scrap metal?”Axel’s voice cut through the deafening wail of the sonar alarm. He stood upright in the interrogation room, now lit only by the flickering sparks of burning cables. His hands gripped Arlo’s fisherman’s rifle firmly. Though his eyes stared into emptiness, his head tilted with precision toward the shattered doorway. He could hear the mechanical ticking of bionic joints creeping along the metal corridor.“Speak clearly. We’re going to sink!” Miller shouted as he fumbled for his pistol in the darkness.“We are going to sink, Commander. But I will decide how this ship touches the ocean floor,” Axel replied flatly.“Axel, they’re in front of you. Two meters, slightly at one o’clock!” Vayu called from the corner.Axel pulled the trigger without hesitation. The rifle’s blast thundered, followed by the sound of metal
Chapter 35. Interrogation in Hudson Bay
“Drop your weapons or we fire!”The voice thundered through the loudspeaker, echoing off the wet cliffs of Aethelgard. Axel felt the Arctic wind cut to the bone, carrying the scent of salt and jet fuel. His vision remained pitch black, but his ears caught the roar of massive turbine engines slicing through the waves. A warship was powering down at extremely close range.“Arlo, don’t move,” Axel whispered. He could feel Arlo’s hand trembling violently on his arm.“Their spotlight has us locked, Axel,” Vayu replied, breathing hard. His voice sounded hoarse, the lingering trauma from the nanite transfer still choking his throat. “That’s a Canadian Navy ship. They’re deploying a fast boat.”Tactical boots struck against the edge of the cliff. The synchronized clicks of automatic weapons being cocked formed a precise symphony of threat. Axel stood motionless, his head slightly tilted, coun
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