Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 98

🌌 Scene 1: The Fracture Vault Opens

Deep within the Earth's crust, far beneath Sector-3's ruined surface, the Hollow Core chamber began to breathe—pulsing like a dormant heart awakened by pain.

Zake stood at the entrance, eyes glowing faintly. A subtle ring of dark purple Krono spun at his feet.

"This place… it's been waiting for me."

A massive stone gate slid open. Inside, memories hung in the air like mist—childhood whispers, war cries, broken lullabies.

He stepped forward.

From the center of the cavern, a black cube floated—shifting endlessly, rewriting its shape every second.

Suddenly, a voice whispered—not in his ears, but in his bones.

"Zake Elthien. Identity verified. Welcome, Heir of the Hollow."

And then came the message that shattered his sanity:

"Do you wish to restore the mind that was erased…?"

💔 Scene 2: Zui's Mother's Secret

Zui dragged Shade's unconscious body into the inner chamber of the Aether Vault, where a humming pedestal held a silver disc embedded with blood-red crystals.

As she reached out, the disc activated—a holographic log began to play.

It was a recording from her mother.

"Zui… if you're seeing this, then your father and I failed."

"You're not just our daughter. You're part of Project Divine Bloom—a hybrid child born to connect nature and Krono through emotion."

Zui's eyes widened as vines beneath her feet bloomed uncontrollably.

"You were meant to balance Zake. His Hollow nature… and your Bloom. Two cores. Two siblings. One purpose."

Zui broke down.

"Why… didn't you tell me?"

Suddenly, alarms in the vault flared. A beacon activated. Something had detected her.

Aboveground, in orbit, a satellite-class destroyer turned.

🧠 Scene 3: Zeron's Dreamburn

Zeron was trapped.

Every time he blinked, the world changed. In one version, he was a father. In another, a monster. Sometimes, he was the villain.

Each illusion fed on his doubt.

The Emissary smiled, splitting into multiple versions of itself.

"This is your mind. Broken. What if I told you the Purple Krono… was never yours?"

Zeron struggled. His memories—flickering like burnt pages—were being rewritten.

"NO… I know who I am!"

Suddenly, a girl appeared. Her eyes were kind. Familiar.

"You gave me bread when I was starving... don't you remember?"

It was Lyra, the girl he saved in Chapter 2.

She placed a finger on his forehead.

"Remember who you are… Zeron of the Ash."

Purple lightning sparked across the illusion.

Zeron roared—and shattered the mind prison.

🧬 Scene 4: Ira's Awakening

Back in the academy ruins, Ira collapsed in front of her dorm mirror. The glyph on her chest was now fully formed, spinning like a violet halo.

And then, a voice came—not hers.

"You carry the Protocol of Mind Fracture. You are not the heir. You are the key."

She was pulled into a memory—one she had never lived.

A war. A city burning. A boy—Zake—stabbing her.

"No... that's not possible."

Then she saw herself—in a different body, a different age—smiling alongside an alien woman.

The truth hit her like a truck.

"I'm… not from this world."

The glyph turned black for a second, then exploded into violet wings of data.

🚀 Scene 5: The Sky Turns Red

Above the atmosphere, the outer ring defense system activated.

Alien destroyers descended—thousands of them.

A new signal broadcasted to every Mecha Pilot in the world:

"This is not a drill. Tier 6 invasion initiated. Activate all Titan-class Mechas."

And from the heart of the dark moon, a shadow moved.

The Over-Emissary.

"Begin Phase Three: Planet Fracture."

🌠 Preview – Chapter 99: Echoes of the Void

Zake unlocks the true Hollow Mecha buried within the core—Voidbreaker.Zui must escape the satellite's orbit cannon before it nukes the Vault.Zeron returns from the mind trap—but something came back with him.Ira's past identity as a Voidborn Key begins to unravel the very laws of Krono.The world learns the invasion is not to destroy Earth—but to resurrect something buried beneath it.