Semua Bab I Died Once to Become Her Nightmare: Bab 71 - Bab 80

“Run.”The word echoed inside Elena's mind.She didn't question it.“Move!” she shouted.Lucas reacted first.He grabbed Elena's arm and pulled her toward the side corridor.Adrian followed close behind.The scientists in black uniforms immediately moved after them.“Stop them!”The command echoed through the chamber.A burst of electricity struck the floor where Elena had been standing seconds earlier.She jumped back.“Keep moving!”They raced through the corridor.The alarms grew louder behind them.Elena's heart pounded against her ribs.“What is Genesis?” Lucas asked.“I don't know!”Adrian caught up.“I do.”Elena looked at him.“You know?”“I've seen it before.”“When?”“Inside my memories.”He stopped suddenly.Elena nearly collided with him.“What?”Adrian looked around.“This isn't an escape corridor.”Lucas frowned.“What do you mean?”Adrian pointed ahead.“The walls.”Elena looked.The corridor was changing.The concrete walls were sliding apart, revealing polished metal

The ground split open beneath the chapel.Elena barely had time to react.“Run!”Adrian grabbed her hand.Lucas pulled Elena's mother toward the edge of the clearing while Elena's grandfather stumbled out of the chapel.The earth shook violently.A deep roar rose from beneath them.Then came the voices.Thousands of them.Crying.Screaming.Whispering.Calling names.Elena covered her ears.“Make it stop!”The older version of Elena stood perfectly still.“It won't stop until the system is destroyed.”Her grandfather shouted:“You don't understand what you're doing!”The woman turned toward him.“I understand exactly what I'm doing.”“You'll kill everyone connected to it!”“That's the point.”Elena stared at her.“What do you mean?”The woman looked at her.“The network is no longer just a machine.”She pointed toward the ground.“It has become a prison.”Elena swallowed.“And the people inside?”“Some are memories. Some are consciousnesses. Some are fragments.”Her voice softened.“A

Elena closed her eyes.For a moment, everything disappeared.The chamber.Adrian.Lucas.The machines.Even the pain.There was only darkness.Then she heard a heartbeat.Slow.Steady.Not hers.“Elena.”She opened her eyes.She was standing in the white room again.The same room she had seen before.The same cold floor.The same endless walls.But this time, someone was waiting for her.Victor.He stood several feet away, dressed in the same black suit.He looked younger here.Stronger.More confident.Elena stared at him.“So this is where you've been hiding.”Victor smiled.“This is where you brought me.”“No.”He shook his head.“You brought yourself here.”Elena looked around.“I don't understand.”“You activated your primary authority.”“And?”“You opened the door.”“To my mind?”“To everything.”Elena clenched her fists.“You've been inside me for years.”“Yes.”“You manipulated my memories.”“Yes.”“You watched my life.”“Yes.”“And now you want to take over.”Victor smiled.“

The room went completely silent.Elena stared at the screen.UNKNOWN SUBJECT: ACTIVE.LOCATION: UNKNOWN.STATUS: APPROACHING.Her stomach tightened.“Approaching?” Adrian asked.Lucas nodded slowly.“That’s what it says.”“Approaching where?”Lucas looked at the screen again.“You.”Elena's heart sank.Her mother stepped closer.“What does that mean?”“I don't know.”Lucas touched the keyboard.The screen flickered.A map appeared.At first, there was nothing.Then a small red dot appeared.It was moving.Slowly.Toward them.Adrian's expression hardened.“How far?”Lucas checked the coordinates.“Twenty-three minutes.”“Until what?”“Until it reaches this location.”Elena stared at the red dot.“Whoever it is, they know where we are.”Her grandfather shook his head.“That shouldn't be possible.”Elena looked at him.“Why?”“Because the network is offline.”“So?”“The tracking system should be dead too.”Lucas looked at the screen.“Apparently, it isn't.”Adrian reached for his weapon

Every rescued subject collapsed at once.Elena's heart stopped.“No!”She ran toward them, but Adrian caught her around the waist.“Wait!”“Let me go!”“They could be bait.”“They're children!”She fought against his grip.Across the clearing, bodies lay scattered across the grass.Some were unconscious.Others were barely breathing.Lucas dropped beside the nearest subject and checked his pulse.“Alive.”Elena pulled free from Adrian and rushed over.“What's happening?”Lucas looked up.“I don't know. Their heart rates are dropping.”Elena turned toward Gabriel.“What did you do?”Gabriel stood calmly beside his vehicle.“I activated the next stage.”Her grandmother's face was filled with horror.“You promised me you would never use them.”Gabriel looked at her.“And you promised me Elena would never escape.”“I didn't know she would discover the truth.”“That was your mistake.”Elena stepped forward.“You're not touching them.”Gabriel smiled.“You still don't understand.”“Then exp