Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 42

🪦 Scene 1: Symphony of the Forgotten

The air cracked.

Zeron stood on the deck of the newly surfaced Aria Vessel, surrounded by the rumble of reawakened machines. His fingers still hummed with the afterglow of the First Verse.

But now, there was… something else.

A signal.

It didn't vibrate like Krono.

It didn't hum.

It was the absence of all sound.

"Aina, do you hear it?" Zeron asked, his voice shaking.

Aina shook her head slowly. "It's not something we hear, Zeron. It's something we remember."

The ground trembled.

Dozens of old, forgotten mechas began walking on their own, their eyes glowing white.

No drivers.

No Krono.

Just... a choir of hollow machines.

Their mouths opened—wide, unhinged.

And without a word, a wave of null-Krono burst forth.

The Dead Choir had awakened.

👁️ Scene 2: The Journal of Truth

In a broken bunker once owned by Spiral's researchers, Ivy stared at a torn leather journal.

It was handwritten, sealed with two layers of cryptography, and signed under the name: Dr. Sareth Kael.

Inside:

"The prototype of the Purple Krono has been... birthed. The child survived."

"But it must never awaken. If the Verse is sung… it will reach the Silence beyond galaxies."

And one line stood out in bold, trembling ink:

"His name is Zeron. His mother, Lyra. His father—unknown. But I heard his voice once."

"He sang in silence."

Ivy's hands trembled.

"Zeron… you were never meant to be normal."

💬 Scene 3: The Mother's Message

Zake sat alone, fixing a broken Krono adapter, when his mecha-harp suddenly pulsed.

Not musically.

But… emotionally.

A projection emerged.

A memory embedded inside the harp's core.

It was a woman—smiling warmly.

"Zake. Zui. Zeron."

"If you're seeing this… we're probably gone. But I need you to know…"

The image flickered.

"Zeron's power is not a curse. It's a key. But it must be played with love. If hatred takes it… everything ends."

The memory began singing.

A lullaby.

The one Zeron used to hum.

"She recorded this for us…" Zake whispered, tears welling. "She knew..."

🛸 Scene 4: Assault of the Dead Choir

Above the skyline of ruined city Mekara-3, the sky ruptured.

Dozens of Choir-Class Mechas descended — floating, humming with void.

The local defense grid tried to fire.

Nothing.

Sound-activated weapons shorted out.

Zeron, Aina, Zake, Ivy, and Rest leapt into action, but each step was like walking through water.

Krono refused to flow.

The Choir nullified music itself.

"How do we fight something that silences our power?" Ivy yelled.

"We don't fight them," Zeron said slowly.

"We conduct them."

He raised his hands — not to strike, but to sync.

Using disharmony, he forced Krono to twitch.

Off-beat, jagged, violent rhythms.

Like a new genre of war.

And then his mecha — Altherion, born from the Aria Depths — responded.

With chaos symphony mode.

The battlefield turned into a concert of destruction.

And the Choir began to scream.

Not in anger.

In recognition.

🕳️ Scene 5: The Silence God's Whisper

Far in the Void Throne, the Silence God rose from his seat of bones.

His body now cracked with lines of static.

His voice, distorted.

"He's found his dissonance."

"So be it."

He opened a sealed vault and released the Mute Titans — ancient beings who were not born of Krono, but born to end it.

"Let the Conductor face the Unwritten Score…"

🔚 Preview — Chapter 43: The Unwritten Score

Zeron begins to unlock the second verse, but its rhythm is unlike anything the world has ever heard.

Ivy uncovers Spiral's final hidden base — and a weapon tied to Zeron's past.

Aina begins to lose grip on reality as her visions begin overlapping with time itself.

Zake and Rest prepare for a raid into the Moonwreck Sanctuary — but the dead inside are not silent.

And the Mute Titans descend — beings that erase not only sound… but existence.