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Chapter 142 – Fractures in the Anchor Grid
Author: Sami Yang
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Chrono: +6 Days Since the Primarch Covenant

Location: Citadel Command Deck – Level Sigma

The air crackled with static as the shard recovered from Gamma vault was slotted into the Anchor Grid array. Glyphs scrolled across the translucent interface, updating in real time as Codex fragments recalibrated against the master Codex map. The Pulse Tower at the heart of the Citadel glowed with synchronized light—until it suddenly flickered.

Not just flickered—glitched.

Orlan leaned over the display. “That’s not a lag. That’s a second fracture.”

Seraphina’s head snapped up. “Where?”

He pointed to a blinking crimson glyph.

Node: Theta Prime.

Status: UNSTABLE

Anchor Alignment: DETERIORATING

Cause: INTERNAL BREACH – UNKNOWN.

Elias moved in. “Theta Prime was cleared a week ago. We ran redundancy tests. It was solid.”

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