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Chapter 169. Collapse Signal
The night in New Crest did not feel like night anymore. The sky was too bright, too restless, too alive with colors that did not belong to nature. Red veins crawled through the darkness like cracks in glass, stretching from the distant plain toward the city like fingers searching for something soft to crush.Jonah stood on the edge of the central tower balcony, his breath unsteady. The hum inside his chest trembled like a broken heartbeat. He kept pressing his hand against his ribs, trying to calm the wild rhythm that shook through him.Lisa stepped beside him, worry in her eyes. “Jonah, talk to me. What are you feeling?”He closed his eyes and whispered, “The network is splitting again. Something is breaking inside the Breath-Born. A command is pushing through them. Something old. Something wrong.”Lisa swallowed hard. “Is it Olos again?”Jonah wanted to say no. He wanted to promise her that the unity they built would hold. But the truth twisted in his voice. “It feels like him. It
Chapter 168. The Return of the Hunger
The city felt wrong the moment Jonah opened his eyes. He sat on the edge of the tower platform, staring at the horizon. The sky looked normal. The wind brushed softly against the metal rails. People moved far below like tiny shadows, confused and tired but trying to believe in a peaceful day.Yet Jonah felt something rising inside him like a second heartbeat, something slow and heavy and red.He tried to breathe it away. He tried to pretend it was nothing. But every time he blinked, he saw the same thing behind his eyelids, a single eye glowing red in the darkness, staring back at him.“Not again,” Jonah whispered. His voice shook. “Not again, please.”A soft metal footstep sounded behind him.Lisa approached carefully, watching him the way someone watches a loved one who is pretending to be fine. “Jonah?” she asked. “Are you alright?”He forced a smile. “Yes. Just tired.”Lisa studied him with eyes that already knew the truth. “You’re not lying very well today.”He looked away. “Som
Chapter 167. Breach of Trust
The scream of the hum hit Jonah before the sound even reached the city.It slammed through his skull like a blade of heat. He staggered, gripping the edge of the tower platform as the air shook around him.Lisa ran toward him. “Jonah, what is it? What’s happening?”Jonah pressed both hands to his temples. “The network is shaking, someone is hurting it.”The hum rose again, sharper, louder, full of fear and pain. The towers on the plain flickered in panicked waves of blue and gold. The veins in Jonah’s arms glowed like dim lightning, pulsing with the same erratic rhythm.Lisa grabbed his arm. “Sit down. You’re not steady.”“I do not have time,” Jonah said through clenched teeth, pulling away from her. “They are calling me. They are crying. I must answer.”He started running toward the steps that led down to the street.“Jonah, slow down!” Lisa yelled as she chased him. “Tell me what is wrong!”He did not slow. “One of the towers turned red. It is burning from inside. Something is push
Chapter 166. The Red Bloom
Jonah stood on the balcony of the council hall, feeling the breeze brush against his skin. The sky above New Crest was pale blue, soft and gentle. The people below walked slowly across the streets, whispering, smiling, trying to believe the peace was real.For a moment, Jonah let himself breathe. A calm breath. A human breath. Then something inside his chest twitched.A sharp pain. A pulse that was not his. Jonah grabbed the railing. “No.”The hum changed.It started as a soft tremble under his feet, then grew louder, deeper, vibrating the stone walls around him. Birds scattered into the sky. Children stopped playing. People froze in fear.Lisa ran out onto the balcony. “Jonah, what’s wrong?”He did not answer. He could not. His jaw clenched as another violent pulse hit him from the inside like a hammer made of fire.He whispered, “Something’s coming.”Lisa grabbed his arm. “From the towers?”But Jonah shook his head slowly, sweat running down his face. “No. From the plains.”A deep
Chapter 165. Kevin’s Secret Friend
Kevin could not sleep. Even though the night over New Crest was quiet, and the towers hummed with the soft color of dawn, his eyes stayed wide open. He lay in the small room the council gave him, staring at the cracked ceiling. His heart beat fast for no clear reason. Something inside him kept whispering, “Wake up. Now.”The sphere on the table pulsed once. A soft blue glow climbed its surface like breath in cold air.Kevin sat up quickly. “You are awake again,” he whispered.The sphere pulsed again, brighter this time. A warm wave filled the room, and then the air in front of Kevin shimmered. Blue dots gathered in the space like fireflies. They moved slowly, joining and stretching, forming a body made of soft light. A child. No older than Kevin himself.The shape finished forming and hovered a few inches above the ground. Its eyes were bright, two glowing circles that blinked gently. Its voice sounded like wind touching chimes.“Hello, Kevin,” it said. “I am Echo.”Kevin’s breath c
Chapter 164. Serra’s Rebellion
The night in New Crest did not feel like night anymore. The towers whispered softly in the dark, their blue glow spreading across the ruined streets like a calm river. People slept without fear, but under the quiet surface, something darker moved.Serra walked alone through the abandoned west sector, her boots crunching over broken glass. She carried no lantern. The faint light from her wrist-scanner was enough. The air around her felt colder than the rest of the city, as if the Breath-Born avoided this place.She stopped beside a rusted metal door. Two guards stepped out of the shadows.One whispered, “Captain Serra. Are you sure about this?”Serra’s eyes were sharp. “Open the door.”They hesitated, but her command left no room for argument. The door unlocked with a shrill metallic groan.Serra stepped inside the old maintenance warehouse.Dozens of people stood waiting, some engineers, some soldiers, some citizens who had once trusted Jonah but now feared what he was becoming. Th
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