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Chapter 183: The Viral Heir
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2026-03-31 00:15:44The basement didn’t smell like a grave; it smelled like a server farm burning in a blizzard.
I didn’t take the elevator. I ran down the emergency stairs of Rebirth City, my boots heavy and rhythmic against the reinforced stone, dragging my necrotic left arm like a leaden trophy of every failure I had ever authored. Every step I took sent a structural groan through the walls—a vibration I felt in my own teeth. The house was Kael, and the house was screaming.
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