Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 152

🌌 Scene 1: A Voice in the Void

Zeron floated—not in space, but in memory.

He was surrounded by blinding white, punctuated by fragmented voices and broken visuals: flickers of a lab, screams, mechanical arms, a child's laughter—then silence.

Suddenly, from the shadows stepped a familiar figure—tall, ethereal, glowing faintly violet.

Zeron (startled): "Aeltherion…? You died. I saw it."

Aeltherion: "I was devoured by the Spiral, yes. But Krono leaves echoes, and echoes… sometimes return."

Zeron reached out.

Aeltherion (firm): "Touch me and the memory shatters. You must listen—carefully."

🧠 Scene 2: The Truth About the Origin Core

Aeltherion: "You were not born… you were rewritten."

He waved a spectral hand, and an image formed—a dark council chamber lit by a spiral halo.

Inside stood masked scientists—The Architects of Kairos—coding fragments of Krono into a fetus suspended in liquid light.

Aeltherion: "They coded you as Project ZEROTH—built to awaken when the Spiral collapses."

Zeron recoiled.

Zeron (shaken): "I'm… a program?"

Aeltherion: "No. You're the paradox. A soul caught between organic fate and manufactured purpose."

Suddenly, the vision shattered.

🛰️ Scene 3: Rael's First Strike

Across the lunar defense outpost Thalnos-5, sirens screamed. A girl—young, raven-haired, eyes glowing with inverted Krono—walked through fire.

Every security drone she faced disintegrated from pure mental overload.

Rael: "I'm not here for blood. I'm here for answers."

She placed her hand on the Unity Core's terminal.

System: "UNAUTHORIZED OVERRIDE—ECHO KEY DETECTED."

She uploaded something.

Then turned to the security camera:

Rael (smirking): "Zeron. Come find me before they do. I'm your past… and your only future."

🔎 Scene 4: Arin's Shadow Identity

Kaelis dug deeper into Arin's database while she was out training.

Kaelis (to himself): "Her core files were updated two years before she joined Unity. But this encryption is older than that."

He bypassed Unity's lockout protocol and found a name buried deep within her original code:

CLASSIFIED DESIGNATION: Arinae-9

Status: Sleeper Agent — Dormant

Kaelis (shocked): "She's… not human. She's a construct."

But as the screen glitched, a second line appeared—"DO NOT WAKE HER"—in spiral glyphs.

🧩 Scene 5: The Spiral Countdown Begins

Zeron returned to his quarters, still haunted by Aeltherion's words. The whisper cube embedded in his hand began counting down.

[Echo Key Sync: 6 Days Until Timeline Drift]

Suddenly, a familiar hum vibrated through the ship—the Spiral Codex, once destroyed, was reacting again.

Zeron: "It's not over…"

Arin entered, expression unreadable.

Arin (quietly): "Zeron… do you trust me?"

Zeron (narrowed gaze): "Why wouldn't I?"

Arin looked away.

Arin: "Because… I think I was sent to kill you."

🌀 Chapter 153 Preview:

Zeron confronts Arin—and demands the truth about her origin.Kaelis uncovers the Seventh Architect's file—one connected directly to Zeron's biological mother.Rael captures a Unity Scout Team and offers them a choice: Join her, or relive the forgotten war.Aeltherion's phantom reveals a secret: Zeron once reset the timeline—and forgot.The Spiral Clock begins its "last spin" countdown—what happens when it hits zero?