The Quantum Paradox

Chapter 112: Breach in the Core

The city’s heartbeat throbbed in the quiet moments before chaos—New Toronto’s skyline shimmered faintly beneath a thickening haze, its edges blurred like the uncertain line between realities. The summit’s grand hall buzzed with hushed anticipation, but beneath it, a different kind of tension gripped the small team that had gathered in the shadowed corridors of the coalition’s underground facility.

Ethan stood among them, his eyes sharp but burdened. The plan was audacious, perhaps reckless: infiltrate the Parallax core, activate the Temporal Resonator, and seal the quantum fracture before it tore the city apart. But there was no alternative. Failure was not an option.

Elara checked her equipment for the last time, her fingers steady but her face pale. Mara stood close by, her expression unreadable but determined, while Lysandra coordinated communications, her voice a low murmur through the encrypted channels.