Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 122

⚙️ Scene 1: The Mind of E.V.E.

Zeron's body was still, suspended in E.V.E.'s core chamber. His eyes were closed, but his mind—his consciousness—was awake.

"Initializing Neuro-Dive: Catalyst Link—Phase One."

He opened his eyes again, but not in the real world.

He stood in a boundless white plane.

A child's voice echoed from the void:

"Zeron Veyron… do you know who you are?"

From the white, shapes formed—memories. His childhood. His parents. The last words his mother said to him. Her fearful eyes during the plane crash. And something he had forgotten:

A bright purple spark emerging from baby Zeron's body…

…as his mother covered it with a machine core and whispered, "You must never awaken this too soon."

Zeron stumbled back, gasping.

Suddenly, E.V.E. herself appeared—now fully formed in this mindspace. A holographic woman with hair of data strands, eyes swirling with code.

"Your memory seal has broken. The world will hunt you now."

"Why… me?"

"Because you are the only being whose Krono was never born from this world. It was born before it."

The dream world shook violently.

"Catalyst Core waking. You must choose now."

And three visions appeared before Zeron:

A battlefield of endless mechas—entire cities burning.A tomb of his parents, surrounded by violet flame.Himself, standing alone—eyes glowing purple—as the stars fall behind him.

"Your fate begins with your choice."

He reached for the third.

And awoke.

His body convulsed. The chamber lights short-circuited.

The machine hissed.

And then—

A violet Krono surged from his spine, wrapping his body in an aura unseen in centuries.

🌌 Scene 2: The Silver Pilot Attacks

In the skies above Core Sector Nine, defense drones were destroyed mid-flight.

Citizens ran as alarms blared.

Guild Leader Rygel activated emergency measures.

"Sector breach detected. Identity: unknown. Power: immeasurable."

From the clouds descended the Silver Krono pilot—now officially named in records as Specter Aelira.

She unleashed a mecha shaped like a blade—Lyntherion—sleek and quiet. Every movement sliced the air like a whisper.

Kael and his squad intercepted—but one by one, their mechas fell without a sound.

"You're not the one I came for," Aelira whispered. "Where is the Catalyst?"

As she vanished in a cloud of flickering circuits, only one message remained on the Guild's systems:

"I will return. And he will fall."

🔥 Scene 3: Zake's Dilemma—Crimson or Honor

Zake sat across from the Crimson Reapers—a rogue Guild-sanctioned division that handles deep infiltration and assassination.

They offered him a place among them after his victory.

"You have flame in your heart, Zake. Join us. We'll turn it into wildfire."

But he hesitated.

"You want me to kill... for politics?"

Their leader, a masked agent named Valkyr, tossed a badge to his feet.

"No. We want you to kill for your family's survival."

Zake's knuckles clenched.

Was this the only path for someone born in the shadows of a brother's greatness?

"I'll consider it. But I don't burn for you. I burn for them."

🌿 Scene 4: Zui's Trial—The Verdant Reckoning

Zui was surrounded by vines. The roots of the Threadheart Tree twisted and wrapped around her arms, pulling her into a deep earthy temple.

A voice murmured.

"One cannot wield life if one fears death."

Suddenly, her siblings appeared—trapped in pods, their hearts slowing.

"Choose one to save," the spirit said.

She screamed. "I won't!"

"Then all three will fall."

With trembling breath, Zui focused—and instead of saving either—she gave her Krono to the tree.

The tree pulsed—and all the illusions vanished.

The spirit laughed softly.

"You passed. The Weaver does not choose—she nurtures all."

Vines embraced her, forming a new armor of living flora around her body.

"Thread Weaver crowned: Zui Veyron."

🐍 Scene 5: Kael Uncovers the Traitor

Kael sneaked through Guild archives, searching for answers to recent internal sabotage. Logs were wiped. Footage was corrupted.

Until he found a forgotten room beneath the reactor base—marked with an old Spectral sigil.

Inside, files dated thirty years ago.

Operation: PURGE BLOOM

Lead Agent: Mireya Kaer

"She was Spectral long before she met us…"

And worse—there was one more file.

Agent recruited: Councilman Drax Korin

A current sitting leader.

Kael's voice was cold.

"The Council is compromised."

📝 Chapter Preview – Chapter 123:

Zeron tries to hide his new power, but the world begins to feel its pulse.The Guild votes on whether to make him a weapon—or eliminate him.A mysterious child appears claiming to have "seen the future collapse."Mireya executes a new infiltration inside the Offworld Gate program.Specter Aelira returns—to test Zake.