ESSENCE: Desire Without Permission — My Rivals, My Red Flags
*
Anji slammed his wrench into the exposed, freezing motherboard of the main node in front of him, feeling the satisfying crunch of brittle silicon beneath the strike.
He slumped back, his fingers stiff and clumsy, leaning his back against the cooling vent. For the first time since this began, the psychic 'hum' of the parasite vanished, replaced by the beautiful, biting reality of cold air and dead machine silence.
His phone beeped—a real, physical vibration against his leg. A message from Arga.
*Foundational structural alarm triggered, boss. Sector 19 just dropped. If you aren't already halfway down the shaft, you're going to get crushed by the collapsing floors.*
Hot Chapters