Chapter 62: The Empress’s ThroneThe heavy blast doors of the sub-level lab didn't open; they groaned as Caspian forced them apart with a hydraulic jack he’d scavenged from the maintenance hall. As the gap widened, a wave of frigid, ozone-scented air hit him, carrying the scent of a storm.Inside, the lab was transformed. The sleek, white NeoGenics equipment had been overwritten. Violet crystalline structures—digital "growths" from the Update—were spreading across the floors and walls like a silicon virus.In the center of the room, Jade wasn't standing. She was suspended.Wires and glowing fiber-optic cables snaked from the ceiling, fused into the interface at the base of her skull. Her feet hovered inches off the ground. Her hair, once dark, was streaked with a brilliant, artificial silver. But it was her eyes that stopped Caspian’s heart. They were wide open, glowing with a steady, terrifying violet light that illuminated the entire room."Jade," Caspian rasped, his voice breaking
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