System Light Novels & Stories

Most of the lights in the pack house were off when they got back, only the security lanterns glowing to show the path to the back door. Once they picked up service, Jadie’s phone began ringing in her back pocket. She jumped from the vibration, completely forgetting she had taken it with her. “You can answer that.” Lincoln assured her, moving to sit on the wooden bench that rested on the back porch. Jadie took the seat next to him and looked down at her father’s face flashing on her screen. Taking a deep breath, she pressed the green button that brought his voice to her end. “Hi, sweetheart!” His cheerful voice made her smile. “Everyone’s here, they wanted to see you.” Before she could object

The crimson text on Sloane’s phone seemed to bleed into the dim morning light, a quiet death sentence disguised as software. [ LUS SYSTEM CORE - RE-ENGAGEMENT CONFIRMED ] System Note: Welcome back, Sloane. We knew you couldn't stay away. A heavy, suffocating silence fell over the tiny studio. The mechanical chime from the app died down, leaving only the sound of the rain outside and the rapid, shallow breaths escaping Sloane’s chest.

I had no idea, but I was anxiously waiting for his reply. “How?” he asked tersely. I looked up at him, as he continued to monitor the screen. “Do you see these letters here?” I asked as I pointed to a particular section. Nodding, “Yes,” he confirmed. “That was built inside the system. If someone were to hack your system, I would see their fingerprints, if you will, in the code,” I summarized.

System notices, reroutes, priority flags. The beast in the core had been hurt. Now it was turning— and it knew exactly who had drawn blood.

“It obvious but not bad. Most die within the first ten minutes.” “Great pep talk,” I muttered. Her lips twitched. “You’ll need sarcasm where you’re going.” She reached behind her and grabbed something from a glowing locker a sleek, transparent phone that shimmered like glass. She handed it to me. “This is your link to the System,” she said. “Tracks your vitals, updates your missions, and connects you with your assigned squad. Don’t lose it. It can’t be replaced.” I turned it over in my hand. “It’s see-through.” i muttered in amazement.

I say once the computer is ready and Wendy is done confirming that the other lines have no security protocol. “What do you need?” she asks excitedly. “I need you to watch these lines as they connect. Periodically, the system will ask you if you want to continue. Always say yes. As the security system starts activating, these lines will go from red to green. If any of them turn yellow, we’ll have to fix them. I’m going to take Wendy to the other packhouse and get this started over there. When I come back, I’ll need to know how many are yellow and how many stayed red.”

Everything flowing into the system. Tan stood behind him with a cup of coffee. “So… this thing is already working?” Lucas nodded. “Yes.” Tan looked impressed. “That was fast.” Lucas typed something on the keyboard. “The system is only monitoring Singapore for now.” He pointed at the screen. “But look at this.” A digital map appeared. Hundreds of ships moving through nearby waters. Tan leaned closer. “Wait… the system can track all of those?” Lucas nodded. “Yes.” “Even ships that are not connected to the network yet.”

"You're destabilizing the whole block! If the logic-loop breaks here, we all go into the abyss!" "Let it break," I whisper. If this world is a lie sustained by my blood, I will see it unmade before I let it consume my child. A sharp, high-pitched chime rings in my ears. It isn't an alarm for the floor or the drones. It is a system notification, projected directly onto my retinas in blood-red text. CRITICAL SYSTEM ALERT: PRIMARY BATTERY K-01 STATUS. I freeze. My hands stay glued to the freezing stone.

she said. "It w.." Ben was saying. "Say nothing but the truth" she said sternly. "It was a system error, ma'am," Ben said, and Serena turned to him. "System error? That has never happened" she said, looking at him suspiciously. "It has, ma'am, several. You wouldn't know because today is actually the first time I connected it to your laptop, it happens when the system is fluctuating, and it always takes a while before it becomes stable," Ben said convincingly.

Then reappeared. Not on the central display. On every connected screen. One after another. Operations. Security. Communications. Analytics. Even the isolated environmental monitoring system. The same four words. RECOGNITION STATE: INCOMPLETE Lucas stopped typing. “That's not a system message.” “No.” “It doesn't match any language protocol.” “No.” “Then what is it?” I stepped closer to the screen. The words were strangely neutral. Not a warning. Not an instruction. Not a declaration. An assessment.