The world ended in silence.No roar, no deafening crash, no fiery explosion ripping the earth apart. Just a blinding flash. The Neural Nexus Core collapsed inward on itself, a star dying in miniature. The chamber lit up as though heaven itself had descended, and then, just as suddenly, everything went black.When the light receded, there was only quiet.Not peaceful quiet, this was different. Heavy. Absolute. The kind of silence that pressed against your ears and made your own heartbeat sound like thunder.Leah blinked, struggling to adjust. Dust hung thick in the air, glowing faintly in the dying embers of electrical sparks. Somewhere in the distance, the ruined factory groaned as its metal beams settled under new weight.And then…breathing. Ragged, desperate, human. Her own lungs screamed as though they’d forgotten how to work. She coughed, clutching her chest, then forced herself to move.“Jason.”The name came out broken, more a gasp than a word. She scrambled across the shattered
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