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Chapter 157
The chamber trembled as the failed Jack raised the device—a chaotic lattice of entropic filaments, folding in and out of dimensional form. It pulsed with fractured math, unreadable even by the Allframe. The air around it shimmered, not with light—but with omission, like a piece of existence itself had been redacted."What is that?" Emily whispered."It’s a key," the failed Jack answered, stepping closer. "A forbidden one. Built from the bones of a dead timeline—one where I tried to save everyone. One where I created peace by removing pain."Jack narrowed his eyes. "You rewrote choice."The failed Jack gave a slow nod. "And the result? Harmony. Unity. A singularity of purpose. No more war. No more sorrow. No more freedom."Sarah lifted her weapon again. "You lobotomized reality.""I purified it," he snapped. "And Arx rejected me. Cast me out. But I didn’t die—I evolved. I became the custodian of what could’ve been... if we had just let go of imperfection."The seed at the center of the
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The silence beyond the Gate was total.No wind. No pulse. No echo. The three stepped onto a vast plane of obsidian glass, stretching endlessly in all directions. Their reflections shimmered beneath them—except they didn’t mirror. Each reflection stood still, watching with hollow eyes, refusing to mimic their movements."This is wrong," Sarah murmured, tightening her grip on her photon sidearm. "This place doesn’t exist in spacetime. I can’t even feel my own heartbeat.""That’s because Arx Omnium isn’t a location," Emily said. "It’s a rejection. A decision never made. A breath never taken."Jack remained silent. His thoughts, usually a maelstrom of sensory input from parallel threads, had gone still. The Allframe, always humming beneath his perception, had gone quiet."We’re offline," he said. "We’ve passed beyond what the Allframe can reach."Sarah blinked. "So we’re alone.""Not alone," Emily said softly. "Watched. Always watched."They moved forward. Every step felt wrong—as though
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Jack stood motionless, the light from the split pendant casting kaleidoscopic shadows across the shattered memory-plane. Spiral-Jack clutched his half, radiating hunger and conflict, while Jack’s own half pulsed with serene inevitability.Between them, the Bound-Twin fully emerged.It towered like a monument to loss—neither shadow nor flame, but memory undone. Its form constantly reassembled itself from the fabric of failed timelines: a broken flag from the last rebellion, a child’s laughter in a world that never grew old, the silence of a civilization that never began."You are not what I expected," Jack said, his voice soft."I am not what anyone remembers."Sarah stepped forward, weapon still drawn. "What are you, then?""The forgotten consequence. The entropy of infinite choice. When the dreamer wakes, the cost is me."Emily looked up from her knees, breath shaky. "Then... if we woke the Aetherbound—if we made contact—we also woke you. The universe remembers... and forgets. But bo
Chapter 154
CosmosDragon’s voice had just confirmed the impossible: an Origin Entity, designated Aetherbound, was active. And it wasn’t Spiral-Jack.It was something else entirely."Cosmos," Jack said, voice low and controlled, "are we sure it’s not residual signal bleed?""Confirmed. Harmonic imprint is stable, independent, and not derived from Spiral-Jack. Designation precedes even Proto-Axis records."Emily took a half-step back, clutching the now-pulsing pendant. "It’s glowing more. The closer we get to this... Aetherbound."Mira moved to the interface and began typing commands furiously. "Cross-referencing with the Orion Vault, the Celestial Logs, even forbidden Deepsight protocols. Nothing. Nothing matches. Except...""Except what?" Sarah asked."There’s a forbidden entry. Not a name. A warning: 'Do not wake the dreamer beneath the lattice.'"Jack closed his eyes for a moment, grounding himself. Then he opened them, full of iron resolve."Set course for Pacifica. We open the Gate."The Haid
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Jack didn’t move.The stars outside the observatory window shimmered with unnatural rhythm, like they were being rearranged."Repeat the last transmission," Jack said tightly.CosmosDragon obeyed. The spectral voice returned, layered beneath the celestial hum:**"He remembers me. I remember him. I am coming home."**Emily took a step forward, voice trembling. "That didn’t sound like a threat. It sounded like a promise."Sarah frowned. "Or a warning."Mira expanded the holographic projection, isolating the signal frequency. A translucent ribbon unfurled across the room, etched with symbols that pulsed between geometry and sound."This doesn’t match any known Arkitect coding or Root dialects," Mira said. "It’s older. This is... pre-schematic.""Pre-schematic?" Lena echoed. "As in... before the Archive?""Before everything," Mira whispered.Jack folded his arms. "Then we’re dealing with something the Arkitects either sealed away... or were running from."CosmosDragon chimed in. "Signal t
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Jack moved toward the observation deck, each step echoing in the warping chamber as CosmosDragon struggled to recalibrate. "Stabilize the lattice field," he ordered. "Attempting," the AI responded, its voice flickering with static. "But external input has compromised harmonic alignment." Sarah helped Emily to her feet. "Are you okay?" Emily nodded weakly. "It's like my mind was stretched across two lifetimes. One mine. One... not." They reached the viewing platform just in time to see the glowing object rise slightly above the impact crater. It spun in slow, deliberate patterns, etched in strange glyphs that shimmered between language and emotion. Mira joined them. "The lattice recognizes that structure." "How?" Lena asked. Mira's eyes were wide, fearful. "Because it was never meant to be found again. That design matches the Proto-Axis—the Key of First Memory." Jack stepped closer to the glass. "The Arkitects created that." Emily touched her head. "And now the Remnant has sum
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