As the sand beneath my feet shifted away and a metallic floor emerged, it felt as though the entire beach had turned into a massive drum. That roaring vibration echoed under my feet. I was standing in a cosmic killing field. Hundreds of parachutes descending from the sky looked like the wings of vultures. Each of them had a face like mine—the same gaze, the same arrangement of hair—but in their hands were weapons carrying the cold touch of death.Sona, my sweet little Sona, was now floating high in the sky. There was no affection in her eyes—only a mechanical command. She shouted,“Mother, don’t delay! If you want to prove your existence, you must spill their blood. The one who survives will be the ‘Original Sophia.’ Will you accept defeat?”There was no sword in my hand, no laser gun. I only had those old memories, pounding inside this mortal heart. I looked around. Fifty Sophias, identical to me, were rushing toward me with weapons raised. Among them, one—perhaps a level more experi
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