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Chapter 156

Penulis: Fried Tomato In Oyster Sauce
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-05-28 22:21:15

The dining room table stretched between them, an expanse of polished mahogany reflecting the ambient light. Mrs. Chen set a plate of seared seabass in front of Elara, her movements crisp and efficient, before retreating to the kitchen.

Elara stared at the precise arrangement of the food. Her mind overlaid the visual input with the jagged, impossible peaks of the mass spectrometer readout. The synthetic peptide chains. The engineered pathways.

Alexander picked up his fork. He did not look at his
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