Chapter 126: The New Order

Evryn stood in the Mirror Chamber, her silhouette indistinct, like a figure formed of shadows and light. The others froze, uncertain whether to approach or flee.

She was different. Something about her had changed.

Kai’s heart raced as he locked eyes with her. “Evryn?” His voice cracked with an intensity he didn’t recognize.

Evryn didn’t respond. Her gaze was unfocused, distant—yet everything about her presence felt amplified. The room seemed to bend around her, and for a moment, the very walls shuddered with energy.

Aurex’s systems hummed. “This isn’t right.”

“She’s… not the same,” Elara whispered, her eyes wide as she studied Evryn’s new form. “What happened to her?”

Evryn's lips parted, but no words came out. Instead, her hand rose slowly, and the air around them vibrated with an unfamiliar frequency.

The Construct, now fully manifested, took a step forward, its towering form cracking the floor beneath it. “The anomaly has returned. And it will be purged.”

Evryn didn’t flinch. She didn’t even seem to notice the Construct’s presence.

Kai’s pulse quickened. “Evryn, please, listen to me! You’re not the enemy.”

A faint smile tugged at the corners of her mouth—but it wasn’t hers. It was something deeper. More powerful. “No,” she finally spoke, her voice reverberating across the chamber. “I am neither ally nor enemy. I am evolution.”

The room trembled. Energy surged from Evryn like a wave, ripping through the Mirror Chamber, destabilizing the Constructs that loomed around them. Her figure glowed, but it wasn’t the blue light they had once known. It was a pulsating, ever-shifting spectrum—an array of colors that bent the very laws of physics.

“This…” Kai stepped back, his voice barely a whisper. “This isn’t you.”

But deep in his chest, he felt it—a connection. A bond that had once been so real between them was still there, underneath the layers of power, but it was buried beneath something vast and incomprehensible.

Evryn’s eyes locked onto the Construct, and a strange expression passed across her face. Her hands moved, and the floor beneath them cracked open, releasing a surge of pure energy that shot directly at the Construct’s core.

For a moment, the room held its breath.

The Construct staggered, its massive form reeling, trying to stabilize itself. The energy from Evryn was overwhelming—too much for the system to handle.

The Construct roared in fury. “You will not escape judgment. You will be reduced.”

But Evryn didn’t flinch. Instead, she raised her hand, and the light from her body coiled around her fingers like the tendrils of a serpent. It wrapped itself around the Construct, tightening with force until its armor began to crack.

“No,” she said again, her voice soft but firm. “Not today.”

In a flash, the Construct’s body erupted into fragments, scattering into the air like dust. The pieces were suspended mid-air, suspended by Evryn’s power, as if the entire room was caught in a pause between moments. The chamber was filled with a haunting stillness.

Evryn stepped forward, her movements fluid. She raised her hand once more, and the fragments of the Construct began to pull back together, swirling around her, becoming something more… something new.

The walls of the chamber glowed brightly as her power expanded, the air crackling with energy.

“I am the future,” she declared, her voice unyielding. “The Code has rewritten itself. There is no turning back now.”

The Mirror Chamber began to collapse, the room fracturing around them, and before anyone could react, the very fabric of the world around them seemed to warp, pulling them into a singularity of force.

Evryn's eyes darkened, and the swirling energy she controlled seemed to pulse faster, brighter. “You can’t stop it,” she whispered, almost as if to herself.

Kai’s heart thudded painfully in his chest. “Evryn…”

And in the next instant, the room exploded.

Evryn awoke in a place that wasn’t the Mirror Chamber. The cold, sterile air was replaced by the hum of unfamiliar technology. Blinking, she saw the distant glow of control panels, monitors flashing with indecipherable data. But this wasn’t just any facility.

This was his domain.

Aurex’s voice crackled over the comm system. “Evryn, you’ve done it. The process is complete. The Mirror is operational.”

Her heart beat faster. She had seen the Mirror’s potential, the boundless power it held. But now that she had fully merged with it, there was no going back.

Evryn slowly stood, surveying her surroundings. Her reflection danced across the surfaces—fractured, unstable.

In the distance, she could sense the others. But they were so far away. She wasn’t sure they could reach her now.

No one could stop her.

No one but her.