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Chapter 424: Surfacing
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2026-04-11 20:23:09They emerged from the golden cracks like survivors crawling from wreckage.
Jack hit the crystallized chamber floor first, his body reassembling from informational wireframe into flesh and bone with a jarring physicality that sent waves of pain through his cracked ribs and burned hands. Katherine materialized beside him, her tactical suit soaked with sweat that had not existed in the Source Code but which her body had apparently been producing in sympathy with her consciousness's exertion
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The Billionaire Alpha's Revenge Chapter 424: Surfacing
They emerged from the golden cracks like survivors crawling from wreckage.Jack hit the crystallized chamber floor first, his body reassembling from informational wireframe into flesh and bone with a jarring physicality that sent waves of pain through his cracked ribs and burned hands. Katherine materialized beside him, her tactical suit soaked with sweat that had not existed in the Source Code but which her body had apparently been producing in sympathy with her consciousness's exertion."How long were we down?" Jack asked, his voice raw."Four hours, seventeen minutes," Mercy reported from her position beside Haley, where the three-hundred-year-old child had been maintaining a steady supply of potato chips and reality television commentary with the solemn dedication of a priestess tending a sacred flame.Haley was still singing. Still glowing pink. Still alive."The failsafe?" Marcus's voice came from the borehole entrance, where the massive Beta was propp
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