Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 33

🧩 Scene 1: The Hidden Files

In the lower archives of Spiral HQ, Zake and Minari inserted the chip Rest had handed over.

A projection appeared — not video, not audio, but emotion.

They felt what the creator felt when he encoded it.

Pain.

Guilt.

Hope.

Then it resolved into a hologram: their father, Dr. Haron Lyke, appeared.

He looked older than Zake remembered. Tired. Eyes sunken. Wearing the same coat Zake once used to sneak into as a kid.

"If you're seeing this, it means the world's about to hear the song."

"And Zeron… you're going to awaken."

The hologram shifted, revealing blueprints of an ancient Mecha prototype.

But this one was… not meant to be piloted.

It had no cockpit.

It had a throat.

"The Silencer isn't a machine."

"It's a voice."

"A voice strong enough to override all Krono frequencies."

"To silence the Violet Core… permanently."

Minari's eyes widened.

"It's a failsafe…"

Zake whispered.

"It's a weapon… against Zeron."

🧠 Scene 2: Zeron's Memory Decay

Meanwhile, in the Resonance Recovery Wing, Zeron sat in meditation, eyes closed, sweat glistening down his brow.

Violet Krono flickered through his body — more calmly than before, but not obedient.

Suddenly, he twitched.

Then froze.

"Where… am I?" he whispered.

Nurse Aroha ran in, holding a stabilizer.

Zeron blinked at her, confused.

"Have… we met?"

Aroha hesitated.

"Zeron… it's me. I've been helping you recover for weeks."

But he didn't recognize her.

He stumbled to the mirror — looked into his own face.

And backed away.

"Who… who am I really?"

Rest entered then, slowly, like a ghost returning to its house.

"You're the lullaby's echo."

"And the silence between the notes."

🛸 Scene 3: The Instruments Begin to Play

On the edge of known space, the three alien constructs began vibrating — resonating with Earth's magnetic field.

Each emitted sound waves, audible across the solar system.

They weren't noise.

They were notes.

Zui, still unconscious, began moving in sync with the pattern.

Her arms floated above the bed, like a conductor.

The lights in her room pulsed to match.

Spiral scientists analyzed the signals and gasped.

"They're… mapping her."

"Her brain… her Krono… even her dreams."

"She's becoming the fourth instrument."

A coded transmission came through one of the alien beacons — decrypted instantly.

"The orchestra is missing its song."

"Send the boy named Zeron."

🧬 Scene 4: The Truth About "Zeron"

Minari stared at the name logs embedded in the chip.

There it was: ZERON — all caps.

But it wasn't a name.

It was an acronym.

Z.E.R.O.N.

"Zero Entropy Resonant Override Node"

A prototype from Project Chrysalis — not born, but generated.

A child created to balance entropy through Krono harmony.

But someone had turned off the project, sealed the truth… and raised him like a normal boy.

Zake dropped the tablet.

"That means…"

"He's not even…"

Minari shook her head.

"No, he is. Maybe more real than all of us."

"Because he chose kindness, despite being born a failsafe."

⚔️ Scene 5: Betrayal in Spiral

General Ryne, a high-ranking Spiral strategist, stood in front of the high council.

"The Violet Core is too unstable."

"We nuke Sector Null before the constructs align."

Many agreed.

But Commander Reysen objected.

"What if Zeron is the only one who can stop this?"

Ryne turned to him coldly.

"Then we fail either way."

Suddenly, Ryne activated his Mecha remotely.

"Spiral can't afford emotions."

And launched a full strike order toward the location of Zeron.

🌌 Scene 6: Reunion of the Echo

Zeron stood atop the Spiral roof, hearing the missiles come before anyone else did.

He closed his eyes.

"They fear the silence more than the noise."

Violet Krono bloomed around him like a flower blooming through steel.

He didn't dodge the missile.

He sang.

A harmonic shockwave exploded from his chest, rewriting the frequency of the incoming warheads.

They turned into feathers of light and scattered in the wind.

Zeron looked up, eyes glowing.

"No more running."

"No more forgetting."

"If I am the Silencer…"

"Then I'll choose what I silence."

🧭 Preview — Chapter 34: The Fourth Instrument

The alien constructs begin pulling Earth's magnetic core toward synchronization.

Zui is pulled into orbit, transformed into the "Fourth Instrument" in the cosmic orchestra.

Spiral splinters — those loyal to Zeron versus those loyal to old war doctrine.

A girl from Zeron's forgotten past returns from the alien ship — and her name is Aina.

Zeron must choose: rescue Zui, or unlock the last memory inside the Silencer blueprint — which might kill him.