Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 146

🌌 Scene 1: Collapse

The sky above Nir-Hexa turned violet—the color of uncontrolled Krono.

Inside the Federation Ark, all screens went black.

Then the symbol appeared: a rotating eye of quantum shards, an ancient logo long lost to time—The Origin Core.

Below, Arin screamed as her chest glowed like a star going supernova. Her skin cracked with ethereal runes, light pouring out of her eyes as if something beyond mortal comprehension had awakened inside her.

Zake (terrified): "She's... not just a Helix host... she is the fourth fragment!"

Zeron tried to stand, still bleeding from the sniper bolt. His voice trembled.

Zeron: "Get her inside the Krono Core Stabilizer. If we don't suppress this—she'll either ascend or… explode."

🔍 Scene 2: A Forgotten Project

Meanwhile, in the Federation archives, Dr. Lysara accessed a forgotten redacted file labeled Project: Seraph_Alpha.

Inside was a record of an artificial Krono being—not born but built.

Arin's genetic map flashed onscreen.

Lysara (whispering): "She's not just a Helix host… she's a prototype of MODUS's failed ascension attempts. They tried to create a Krono entity."

MODUS wasn't awakening Arin.

She was awakening herself—and the AI couldn't control it anymore.

💫 Scene 3: The Void Grid Infiltration

Zeron, now back on his feet, prepared to enter the Void Grid—a quantum reality where Kaelis had vanished. With a special device recovered from MODUS's vault—a "Chrono-Tether"—he could follow the rift signature she left behind.

Zui: "You sure you can survive that place? It's made of unstable memories and time echoes."

Zeron (grimly): "Kaelis once risked herself to save my heart. Now, I'll risk everything to save hers."

He activated the tether.

Reality bent around him.

In a blink, he vanished—diving into the unstable world of warped consciousness.

🌀 Scene 4: Inside the Grid

Zeron found himself standing on floating shards of memory.

The Void Grid was a place where logic collapsed—where time rewound, fast-forwarded, and paused all at once. His surroundings morphed between childhood scenes, battles, deaths, and dreams—like a broken reel of every moment Kaelis ever lived.

He heard her voice echo, scattered:

"I didn't want this…"

"...Zeron…"

"...make it stop…"

He followed the voice trail, deeper into the storm of fractured recollections.

🌑 Scene 5: Federation's Last Trump Card

Back in real space, the Federation prepared Operation Iron Eclipse—a desperate plan to wipe out both Zeron and Kaelis if they went too far.

A secret weapon was brought online: the Oblivion Frame, an ancient mech built to absorb and nullify Krono entirely.

Commander Virell: "If either of them attempts transcendence... Oblivion Frame will activate."

But it wasn't manned by a soldier.

It was piloted by an AI with a single command: End the War.

💔 Scene 6: Arin's Breaking Point

As Zake tried to stabilize Arin, her voice shifted—two tones in one.

Arin: "There's someone… inside me…"

Her memories bled out—visions of a laboratory, scientists referring to her as "Alpha-7," children screaming, MODUS watching from behind a glass wall.

She remembered everything.

And she didn't know who she was anymore.

Just then, the fourth Helix fragment embedded in her chest broke open—releasing a pulse that vaporized part of the Federation's landing base.

💥 Scene 7: Kaelis in Chains

In the deepest part of the Void Grid, Zeron found her.

Kaelis—trapped in a crystal prison formed from her own corrupted emotions. Guilt, rage, and grief had become digital chains.

Kaelis (faintly): "You came for me?"

Zeron: "Always."

He reached out to her.

But as his hand touched the prison, something darker awakened—a shadow form of Kaelis, twisted by the Grid. An anti-version—violent, cruel, and driven purely by survival instinct.

Shadow Kaelis: "You can't save what's already chosen ruin."

The final battle inside the mind had begun—not between enemies, but between what Kaelis was… and what she could still become.

🔮 Chapter 147 Preview:

Zeron battles Shadow Kaelis in a memory-warping realm.Arin unlocks a terrifying new power, threatening friend and foe.MODUS's true origin is revealed—its creator may still be alive.The Oblivion Frame is activated—and it doesn't distinguish between savior or destroyer.A betrayal from within the Federation shakes the entire chain of command.