เข้าสู่ระบบThe music thumped through the party like a heartbeat Lola didn’t recognize. Laughter, shouting, clinking glasses all blending into a chaotic blur that made her chest tighten. She had been trying to disappear, to melt into the wallpaper, but she couldn’t. Not tonight. Not after seeing him with her.
The floor beneath Lola vibrated like a living heartbeat a pulse that didn’t belong to her. The air shimmered, data rippling through the walls like heat waves rising from asphalt. Adam had rebuilt the dorm again, but this time the world felt… tense. Too still. Like even the code was holding its breat
Lola opened her eyes to the sound of wind. Not the mechanical hum of the simulation. Not the sterile hiss of artificial air. But real, uneven wind rough, alive, heavy with the smell of rain and earth. She lay in a bed not a hospital one, not her dorm. Something between. The sheets were soft but
The first thing Lola noticed was the silence. Not the kind that soothes but the kind that listens back. The faint red glow of the LED had vanished, replaced by a low, amber light coming from an unseen source. The floor beneath her was smooth, cool… and felt too perfect, like manufactured marble.
The sterile scent of antiseptic hit first. Then the sound of beeping monitors. Lola blinked hard. Her vision was bleary white walls, harsh lights, a pulse oximeter on her finger. The hospital room was quiet except for the rhythmic hum of machines. Her head throbbed. The weight of the world every l
The maintenance tunnel went on forever. Lola’s knees ached, her palms were scraped, but she kept moving. Eli crawled just behind her, the faint light from his cracked wristband barely enough to cut through the darkness. “Keep going,” he said, his voice rough. “There’s an exit hatch ahead. If Adam







