Share

PREPARATION

Author: Silent kid
last update publish date: 2026-10-30 07:00:23

The decision to bring the partial sensor net online sat between us like a loaded weapon—useful, necessary, and irreversible once the safety was off.

I spent the first hours of the morning on Level Three with Harlan, reviewing the exact parameters one more time. Anomaly detection and long-range atmospheric feeds only. No internal cameras. No personnel tracking. Hard disconnect available to either side in under five seconds. The hardware was already staged on both ridges. All that rema
Continue to read this book for free
Scan code to download App
Locked Chapter

Latest chapter

  • My Apocalypse Begins In Sixty Days    THRESHOLD

    The three unmarked trucks moved at 04:11.I was already awake when the shared sensor net flagged the change. Passive track updated in clean, professional increments: the vehicles left the coastal waystation in the same tight spacing they had maintained all day, headlights dark, transponders still absent. Heading north. Same corridor. No deviation.Raymond’s voice came through the encrypted channel ninety seconds later.“I see them. Same formation. No support vehicles visible yet. They’re not rushing.”“I know.”“They’re forty kilometers closer to the old turnoff that leads toward both ridges. If they hold this pace they’ll be in secondary sensor range by mid-morning.”“Continue passive track only. No interception. No illumination.”“Agreed. I’ll have the mobile jamming team shift to a higher readiness posture—still defensive, still dual-release only.”“Approved.”The channel went quiet. I stood in the d

  • My Apocalypse Begins In Sixty Days    NARROWING

    The morning after the twelve-minute sustain felt quieter than it should have.I stood on the upper terrace at first light with a thermos of coffee and the spiral on my palm still carrying a faint residual ache. Integrity had stabilized at ninety-nine percent overnight. The Matrix reported full recovery. The residual ache did not care what the Matrix reported.Maya found me there before the sun cleared the eastern ridge. She had two protein packs and the expression of someone who had slept in short, angry increments.“You look like the lock is still grinding behind your eyes,” she said, handing me a pack. “Seventy-six percent is a long way down from one hundred.”“It recovered.”“Recovered is not the same as untouched.” She leaned against the railing. “Lower terrace dry-run is day one. Final simulation cycle starts in three hours. Banks held through the spike with no cascade. Both trucks are still staged and loaded. Torres asked whether tw

  • My Apocalypse Begins In Sixty Days    SUSTAIN

    The sustained query hit at 02:19.I felt it before the Matrix fully opened—a deep, grinding pressure against the spiral on my palm that made my teeth ache. Blue text burned across my vision in the dark of Level Two.**[Void Matrix: External Query – Sustained Attempt]** **[Origin: Oceanic / Full Alternate Geometry]** **[Signal Strength: Peak and Holding]** **[Bloodline Lock: Under Prolonged Pressure]** **[Integrity: 91%… 89%… 87%…]** I was moving before the third integrity drop registered.The shared sensor net lit up across both ridges. Anomaly flags cascaded. The five-minute window opened automatically.Raymond’s voice came through the encrypted channel ten seconds later, flat and precise.“I see it. Full three-bearing geometry plus the deeper fragment. They’re holding the carrier at peak. Duration already past the first focused attempt. Your lock?”“Eighty-seven percent and falling. Primary ja

  • My Apocalypse Begins In Sixty Days    ISOLATION

    The isolation protocol for the shared power conduit went live at 09:22.I stood in the observation post with Raymond while both engineers confirmed the final physical and software locks. Either terminus could now cut the conduit in under ten seconds. Dual notification after the fact. Full log within the hour. Non-kinetic. Conditional. Still cuttable from either side.The terminal chimed once. Status indicators settled into green.Raymond watched the screen for a long moment.“It’s in,” he said. “If the next query tries to ride the power link or the sensor net, we can sever the connection before it becomes a bridge they can use.”“I know.”He glanced at me. “You look like you’ve been running the recovery curve from ninety-four percent in your head all night.”“I have. The lock recovered. The recovery time is now part of the math.”A faint crease touched the corner of his mouth. “Practical.”“Necessary.”

  • My Apocalypse Begins In Sixty Days    LONGER SUSTAIN

    The filtration surge protocol went live at 10:41.I stood in the observation post with Raymond while both engineers locked the final parameters into the shared system. The new layer was simple and brutal: if the next query carried any atmospheric or particulate side-effect, either side could trigger an emergency over-pressure cycle across the lower intakes and the shared conduit filters. Non-kinetic. Dual confirmation. Same five-minute window rules as everything else.The terminal chimed once. Status indicators settled into green.Raymond watched the screen for a long moment.“It’s in,” he said. “Still conditional. Still cuttable. But if the next pressure comes with teeth in the air, we can push back without opening the gates.”“I know.”He glanced at me. “You look like the calibration pulses are sitting behind your eyes.”“They’re sitting behind everyone’s eyes who can see the data. I’m simply not pretending otherwise.”

  • My Apocalypse Begins In Sixty Days    ALTERNATE VECTOR

    The secondary jamming frequency set went live at 11:17.I stood in the observation post with Raymond while both engineers confirmed the final handshake. The new layer sat beneath the primary package—dormant, waiting for saturation, dual-confirmation only. If the next focused query came harder or longer, the system would have a second throat to close.The terminal chimed once. Status indicators settled into green.Raymond watched the screen for a long moment.“It’s in,” he said. “Still conditional. Still cuttable. But the toolbox just got one layer deeper.”“I know.”He glanced at me. “You slept less than usual.”“I slept enough.”“That’s not what I asked.”I met his eyes. “Functional remains the correct setting.”A faint crease touched the corner of his mouth. “Practical as ever.”“Necessary as ever.”We stood in silence while the dual sensor feed scrolled cleanly between us. The oceanic carrier tone had returned to its elevated baseline. The buoy network remained on standby. The rese

More Chapters
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on GoodNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP
DMCA.com Protection Status