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Chapter 248: Escape from the Inferno
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2026-01-17 19:08:13Fire is energy. Cold is the absence of energy.
To make something cold, you don't add "coldness." You take the heat away.Jack Sterling stood before the blast door, his back to the inferno. The air temperature on the catwalk was passing 300 degrees Fahrenheit. His hair was singing.He placed his palm on the lock mechanism."I am the heat sink," Jack muttered.He opened the floodgates of his Entropy channels. But instead of pushing power out, he pulled it in.He dr
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