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CHAPTER 30: THE GLASS HORIZON

Author: EMKAY
last update publish date: 2026-03-04 15:48:48

The ground beneath the Silent Garden didn’t just shake—it groaned, deep and terrible, as if something enormous was dying below. Above the crystal ceiling, jet engines shattered the frozen silence.

“They’re not waiting!” Julian yelled. He was loud, desperate. He seized Maya’s hand, gripping tightly. “Maya, we have to move! The ceiling’s coming down!”

But Maya couldn’t make her legs move. Her boots felt glued to the cave floor. Her thoughts tangled—silver threads, digital voices, the strange puls
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