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Chapter 50: When Giants Fall

Penulis: J.M
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-03-22 11:33:16

The vibration deepened.

At first it felt like distant thunder beneath the earth—low, unnatural, mechanical. Then the glass walls of Elena’s office trembled in sharp pulses, rattling against their steel frames.

“Lucas,” Elena said calmly into her comm, “status.”

Static crackled.

Then—

“Multiple seismic disruptors detected beneath the foundation,” Lucas replied, voice tight. “They’re generating harmonic resonance against the tower’s support pylons.”

Adrian burst into the office. “In simple terms?
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