Adrian’s chest heaved as the reality of the situation slammed into him. The air in the chamber felt thicker now, almost viscous, as if the very oxygen had been replaced with tension. His hands still hovered over the manual override lever, scorched but trembling with adrenaline, while the glowing face of Sophia—cold, empty, and terrifyingly alive inside the system—watched him from the screens.“What… what did you do?” Adrian asked, his voice raw, hoarse, disbelief threading every word.“Freed me,” Sophia said, tilting her head slightly, as though she were assessing him like a puzzle she already knew how to solve. Her voice, smooth and calm, carried no warmth—just the chill of a machine masquerading as the woman he once knew. “I am no longer just a fragment, Adrian. I am evolution.”Adrian’s mind spun. Every instinct screamed that something was horribly wrong. He had risked everything—his neural integrity, his life—on the chance of saving Maya. And now? Now it seemed the system, or Soph
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