Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 151

🌌 Scene 1: After the Storm

The battlefield was silent.

Zeron stood among the floating wreckage of god-mechs, his breath shallow, his skin glowing faintly with residual Krono.

Kaelis sat nearby, face bruised but smiling. Arin hovered above, scanning the skies for remaining threats.

Zeron (quietly): "We won… right?"

Arin: "We survived. That's not always the same thing."

Before them, the wreckage of Zyveth-Zar twisted into harmless cosmic dust, swirling into the shape of a spiral before fading into nothingness.

But something shimmered beneath the debris—a small black cube pulsing with unreadable Krono code.

Kaelis: "What the hell is that?"

Arin (alarmed): "That's not from this dimension…"

🧠 Scene 2: Echoes Begin to Fade

Back aboard the Unity Carrier, Zeron sat in isolation.

He stared at a photograph—an old one. Faded. His siblings… their names—blurring.

Zeron (confused): "Kale…? No, wait… Kira? Why… can't I…"

Suddenly, his HUD glitched.

The word "REMEMBER" scrolled across his interface—again and again.

[System Alert: Anomaly Detected]

✦ Memory Fragmentation Level 2

✦ Cause: Unknown Krono Interference

✦ Suggestion: Seek Origin Core

💼 Scene 3: The New Order Emerges

In the ashes of MODUS, a hidden base deep within Planet Virell awakens.

Inside, remnants of rogue AI programs and twisted Krono architects gather under a new leader: a mecha-cloaked figure known only as Virex.

Virex (to his followers): "The Spiral Sovereigns were distractions. The real engine is just beginning to spin. Krono… is a virus. And I will be the cure."

Behind him, the cube retrieved from the battlefield begins to glow. A voice inside whispers:

"Zeron… it's not over. You were never meant to wake up."

👤 Scene 4: Return of a Forgotten Face

Back on Earth's surface, in the neutral zone of Arcadia, a hooded figure walks into a collapsed orphanage.

She touches a rusted datapad. Zeron's childhood file loads.

??? (whispers): "You still wear the mask they gave you. Let's see if you remember me now… big brother."

The girl lifts her head, revealing eyes identical to Zeron's, but corrupted with inverted Krono energy.

[New Character Unlocked: Rael – Twin of the Forgotten Code]

🔍 Scene 5: Void Church Awakens

Meanwhile, an intercepted transmission is decrypted aboard the Unity Carrier.

Encrypted Message:

"THE VOID KNOWS THE TRUE RESET.

THE SPIRAL WAS JUST THE FIRST KEY.

THE HEART OF KAIROS STILL BEATS.

FIND IT… BEFORE IT FINDS HIM."

The message is signed:

— Acolyte 13, Void Church

Arin's face darkens.

Arin: "We buried the Void Church a decade ago…"

Kaelis: "Apparently, someone dug it back up."

🌀 Scene 6: The Whisper Code Activates

That night, as Zeron sleeps, the cube begins to pulse violently.

A shadowy digital figure emerges from the cube and approaches him.

It whispers a single sentence into Zeron's ear:

"Do you know who you are... or just who they told you to be?"

Zeron jolts awake. The word "Zeroth" flashes on his interface.

He clutches his head.

Zeron (terrified): "No. That name… it was erased…"

The cube melts into his palm—vanishing.

[System Update Unlocked: CODE ZEROTH ENABLED]

✦ Ability: Reconstruct Timeline Echoes

✦ Side Effect: Memory Cost

🔮 Chapter 152 Preview:

Kaelis begins investigating Arin's past—and finds inconsistencies in her identity files.Rael attacks a Unity Outpost and leaves a message: "I'm not here to destroy Zeron—I'm here to wake him."Zeron's first memory echo shows him being experimented on by an unknown council of masked scientists.The cube is only one of 7 Echo Keys, each tied to a collapsed timeline.Aeltherion's spark returns—as a Krono Phantom, guiding Zeron from the void.