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Chapter 204: The True Symphony of Life
Author: Renaya Sol
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Zion stepped through the swirling aperture. It closed behind him with a chilling hiss, severing him from his team, from the sounds of battle. He was alone. The air inside hummed with an absolute silence, far deeper than any he had ever experienced. It was the complete absence of all sound, all vibration, all life.

The room was vast, circular, carved from raw, unpolished void stone. In its center, hovering above a pedestal of the same dark stone, pulsed the source: a radiant s
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