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Chapter 180: The Global Scream
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2026-03-30 00:15:57The air didn’t just turn cold; it turned into a weaponized vacuum of every scream I had ever suppressed since the river.
The escape pod breached the Northern atmosphere like a jagged obsidian needle, the basalt hull glowing a vengeful, cherry-red as it fought the friction of a world that had already decided we were ghosts. Inside the cramped metallic coffin, the scent was a suffocating cocktail of ozone, scorched leather, and the metallic tang of Leo’s rising resonance.
My left
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