Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 18

🔥 Scene 1: Sirens of Nexaris

The city's sky turned crimson as the first Spiral-Eater breached the surface.

Its limbs—twisted and root-like—cracked through skyscrapers like brittle glass.

People screamed. Roads split apart. Drones spiraled out of the sky.

Emergency beacons ignited all over Nexaris Prime.

Zake's voice came through the network:

"We've got a full-scale breach! Spiral-Eater confirmed. It's targeting Central Nexus!"

Zui gritted her teeth as she stood on a rooftop, her mech "Shatterlight" beside her. Her fingers trembled as she locked into the pilot frame.

Her Spiral-infected arm glowed.

Zeron's voice came through the comms:

"Stay back, Zui. That thing's radiating Level-8 Krono disturbance. It's too dangerous."

Zui replied coldly, "So am I."

⚔️ Scene 2: First Clash — Shatterlight vs Spiral-Eater

Zui launched Shatterlight at the Spiral-Eater.

The mech thrusted forward, shimmering with violet energy, slamming its photon blades into the monster's roots.

But the Spiral-Eater adapted—splitting apart and wrapping tendrils around the blades.

The monster's mouth opened, revealing faces—distorted replicas of Zui's own.

They whispered in unison:

"You are already Spiral."

Zui screamed—and her Spiral vein pulsed.

The left side of Shatterlight mutated—gaining claws, teeth, and dark flame.

Zake watched from the control tower.

"Her mech… it's absorbing Spiral code?! That's not supposed to be possible!"

🧠 Scene 3: Zeron's Shield—The Birth of Aegis Krono

Zeron ran through the warzone, unarmed.

Explosions tore up the street behind him, mech limbs falling like thunder.

A family was trapped beneath rubble—Zeron dove forward, covering them with his body.

Just before impact—

A barrier flared around him.

Krono Shield. Color: Indigo-Violet.

The blast evaporated around him.

Everyone gasped.

Zeron looked at his hands—shaking, pulsing with light.

He heard his father's voice echo in his mind:

"When your Krono awakens… don't hold back."

Zeron stood. His eyes narrowed.

He summoned his old, broken mech frame: Core-0—now fused with Spiral-dampening tech from Zake.

It flared back to life.

🌌 Scene 4: Lyra and Moro's Capture

Far across the battlefield, Lyra and Moro tried to escape the data chamber of Nexaris Tower.

But Spiral proxies surrounded them—twisted mechs reeking of rot and logic.

Lyra fought, her Spiral infection flaring—until she collapsed.

Moro stood above her. Calm. Blank.

"They're here for me."

The air shifted.

The Architect walked through the burning wreckage—untouched.

"You two are coming home."

He placed a single Spiral seed on Lyra's chest.

It sank in.

And Moro… simply walked to his side.

"I want to see what happens when gods bleed."

🪦 Scene 5: Graveyard of Mechas

Elsewhere, deep in the Eastern Blackout Zone, Zake and a strike team uncovered a buried facility—an ancient battleground.

Dozens—hundreds—of mechs lay entombed in silence, half-melted into stone.

The scanners screamed as he stepped inside.

"What is this place…?"

A faded plaque read:

"Project Origin: Godmechs – Sealed after Spiral War I."

And below it—an ancient command console powered on.

It spoke in a dead tongue.

But the last line translated as:

"They will return when the Spiral opens the Final Gate."

🧬 Scene 6: Spiral-Eater Defeated?

Back in the city, Zui's mutated Shatterlight grabbed the Spiral-Eater's core.

It pulsed—begging. Crying.

Zui screamed as she crushed it.

It exploded in a wave of raw Spiral Krono.

For a moment, the skies cleared.

Nexaris cheered.

Zeron flew in and caught Zui's falling mech, landing beside her ruined cockpit.

She opened the hatch—half-conscious, bleeding violet.

She whispered:

"It… spoke to me."

Zeron knelt.

"What did it say?"

Zui's lips trembled.

"It said… this was just the first mouth of the Spiral."

🔮 Preview – Chapter 19: "Code of the Spiral"

The Architect unveils the First Spiral Doctrine, revealing the Spiral's origin in a forgotten world.

Zui's condition worsens—her mind caught in an endless Spiral dreamscape.

Zeron meets the leader of the underground Mecha Resistance—a woman who once knew his parents.

The world's governments call for war.

And in the core of Nexaris, the Spiral Choir awakens… and begins to sing.