Every fight leads here.Not to victory—---Not to defeat—---But to the moment…---Where there is nothing left to lose.---Only what you choose to protect.---The void shattered.---Not softly.---Not gradually.---It broke.---Light tore through the darkness in violent streaks, space reforming in unstable layers as reality forced itself back into shape.---Elena hit the ground hard.---Air rushed into her lungs—sharp, painful, real.---She gasped, her body reacting before her mind could catch up.---Alive.---Barely.---The chamber flickered around her—---But it wasn’t the same.---The walls were fractured.---The core unstable.---The system… struggling.---“You’re back.”---His voice.---Close.---Relieved—---But strained beneath it.---Elena pushed herself up slowly.---Her body resisted.---Weak.---Drained.---But she didn’t stop.---Couldn’t.---Because this wasn’t over.---Not yet.---“What’s happening?” she asked, her voice rough but steady.
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