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Chapter 129 - Outside The System

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last update publish date: 2026-05-01 03:21:56

For the first time since the Breakers revealed themselves… Serena stopped trying to outpace them. She stepped back. Literally.

Ethan watched her take a slow step away from the screen. Then another.

“What are you doing?” he asked.

Serena didn’t answer immediately. Her eyes stayed on the global map but her focus shifted. Not the nodes. Not the signals. The structure.

“They want me inside their system,” she said quietly.

Adrian’s voice came through.

“Of course they do.”

Serena shook her head.

“No.
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