Chapter 44: Evolution II
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Tokyo, Japan
The bustling metropolis, always bright and alive, fell oddly silent as the aurora swept across the sky.
Commuters on the subway emerged from underground to find strangers standing still in the streets, phones forgotten in hand, staring upward.
Parents called to their children in hushed tones. Elderly couples clutched each other on apartment balconies.
"What... is this?" whispered a teenager, livestreaming the sky to a stunned online audience.
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Seattle, USA
In the middle of a tech conference downtown, a news alert interrupted the keynote speaker.
All screens were overridden with live footage of the sky shifting in brilliant waves.
Social media exploded:
#SkyPhenomenon
#AuroraInSeattle
#SkyFall
"It's not even cold enough for auroras here," someone else murmured.
Meteorologists scrambled for explanations.
Solar flare? Magnetic storm? But the data didn't line up. No coronal mass ejections.
No space weather warnings. Nothing. It wasn't just unusual.
It was impossible.
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Istanbul, Turkey
In the city where East meets West, the ancient skyline of domes and minarets glowed under unfamiliar hues.
Imams paused before the evening call to prayer.
Worshipers looked up, many falling to their knees.
"It's a sign," someone whispered in Turkish.
"Of what, I don't know."
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MONARCH Outpost 54 – Castle Bravo
Dr. Ichiro Serizawa stood before the glass observation deck, unmoving, staring into the twilight sky now lit with spectral fire.
Around him, screens flared with telemetry and seismic data.
Technicians ran back and forth. Sirens had been disabled—the alarm was not physical.
It was existential.
"This is not a geomagnetic anomaly," muttered his assistant, voice shaking.
"It appeared everywhere"
Serizawa didn't respond. His eyes were fixed on the faint pulse of green energy on one of the screens, forming a spiral—an ancient spiral—the same shape carved into ruins beneath the Mariana Trench, and again in a cave beneath Antarctica.
"Keep monitoring."
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MONARCH Outpost 61 – China
Sensors embedded in ancient ruins spiked with readings. Bioacoustic arrays picked up subsonic pulses—not earthquakes.
One analyst, pale with disbelief, whispered:
"We're receiving unknown Titan neural resonance patterns… from Skull Island. Matching frequency range of Titans…."
The lead scientist Emma Russell stared at the visual output.
"Something's wrong," she murmured.
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Across the globe, no one could explain the sky.
But in every culture, myth rose to the surface. News anchors referenced the gods.
Children dreamed of dragons.
Biologists feared extinction. Shamans lit fires. Monarch quietly sealed files and prepared for mobilization.
A few whispered what they did not dare write in official reports.
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Miraluz blinked. The vision shattered like glass.
BOOM—
Reality snapped back.
The world resumed its motion. Rain fell. Thunder cracked. The winds howled again.
But Miraluz had changed.
It began at the smallest level—within his DNA.
Genes twisted and restructured. Chromosomes burned with energy.
Every cell in his body ignited with energy.
His tissues expanded, his organs transformed, his nervous system lit up with power.
What emerged was not merely stronger—he was reborn.
He was becoming something else.
No, not "something."
A Titan.
A storm raged across the skies of Skull Island, but those attuned to the earth could feel a deeper force awakening.
King Kong paused mid-motion, lifting his head toward the sky, sensing it.
The Iwi people, who had survived countless epochs on the island, dropped to their knees in reverence and fear.
Even the wild beasts, primal and fierce, cowered as an ancient presence flared above them.
From high above, Miraluz's eyes snapped open.
He saw it all.
Felt it all.
A new organ had awakened within him— a Biological Nuclear Furnace.
It throbbed with power, absorbing radiation from the atmosphere and converting it into raw energy.
It was more than a power source—it was life itself, pulsing with the same force that lit the stars.
"An... atomic reactor," he murmured, understanding.
He knew then.
He wasn't just evolving—he was becoming one of them.
A Titanus Gojira.
The same lineage as Godzilla, as Dagon—creatures born of the Earth's deepest instincts and crowned by its energy.
Time slipped away. He didn't know how long the transformation took.
Hours? Days? It didn't matter.
When it ended, he was no longer the same.
His body towered at 50 meters tall, stretched to over 100 meters, and weighed in at a titanic 10,000 tons.
His scales shimmered with muted energy, flickering in resonance with the sky.
While still smaller than the Alpha-class Titans—Godzilla, Ghidorah, or the MUTO Prime—Miraluz now stood equal to the Beta-class: beings like Rodan, Mothra, the Male and Female MUTOs.
But his power didn't stop there.
That nuclear organ within him pulsed. He felt the radiation coursing through his body, gathering in his throat.
A tremor vibrated from deep within—
And then he released it.
"RAAAAAAAAWWWRRRRR!!!"
His first Atomic Breath.
A beam of pure, concentrated nuclear energy blasted from his mouth, slicing through the clouds like a blade of light.
It was beautiful—and terrifying.
The temperature surged to 50,000°C, far hotter than the surface of the sun.
Wherever it struck, matter ceased to exist.
A weapon of the gods.
A gift from his lineage.
Then, as if summoned by instinct, he spoke aloud:
"Open my properties panel."
A translucent screen appeared before him, its energy threaded with the same light as his breath.
[True Name]: Miraluz (Jack)
[Dominion]: Supremacy: Lesser species bend easily to rule. Gain increased control and loyalty over weaker factions.
[Age]: 1 year
[Race]: Titanus Gojira (Male)
[Life Level]: Titan
[Physical Dimensions]: Length: 55m->100m | Height : 27.5m -> 50m | Weight : 6,500->10,000 tons
[Racial Skills]: Atomic Breath
[Genes Fused]: Electric Ray, Box Jellyfish, Mantis Shrimp...
[Genetic Abilities]: Million Volts Lv3, Nerve Mist Lv3, Millisecond Strike Lv3...
[Gene Points]: 200,000
His breath slowed.
Miraluz knew what he was now.
Not just a creature born of evolution.
But a descendant of something older—something the world had nearly forgotten.
The Titans were never just beasts.
They were nature's will. And now, so was he.
[Ding! You have successfully completed the life-level evolution. The gene fusion simulator will now enter updation. Please wait…]
The mechanical chime echoed in Miraluz's mind like a thunderclap breaking through the calm.
He blinked, startled by the sudden system message.
"Update?"
His heart would have skipped a moment if it still beat like a human's.
A surge of curiosity and anticipation welled up in him.
After everything he had just been through—awakening as a Titan, discovering his lineage, and claiming the power of the Titanus Gojiras—what more could await?
He didn't have to wait long.
[Update complete. The simulator has been upgraded to version 2.0. Gene fusion permissions have now been unlocked. You may now apply gene fusion to other organisms. The maximum number of fused genes per subject is: 5]
Miraluz's eyes widened. For a moment, the winds around him seemed to pause as the magnitude of that message sank in.
He could now use the simulator not just on himself, but on others.
On his allies.
On the dinosaurs of the Jurassic Alliance.
The implications were staggering.
He thought of the packmates he had trained with—primitive but proud, fierce in battle, loyal to a fault.
They had been powerful even before. But now… with gene fusion?
They could become something more.
Something transcendent.
Not every ally needed to be as versatile as he was.
He was, after all, evolving toward a state that balanced agility, intelligence, and raw destructive force.
But others? They could specialize, adapt, and enhance what they already did best.
A heavily armored ceratopsian could become an immovable juggernaut.
A raptor with speed could now strike with electric agility.
A flying predator could take on aspects of the box jellyfish, clouding the skies with nerve mist before diving in for the kill.
They didn't have to be perfect alone.
Together, they would be unstoppable.
Jurassic Alliance 2.0 will rise.
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