Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 45

🌌 Scene 1: Genesis of the Verse

Deep within Altherion's core, Zeron's hands hovered over the crystalline keys of the Verse Interface.

Lines of musical code began to illuminate.

Not written by him.

Not even for him.

But within him.

"This… isn't my song," Zeron murmured.

"It's your birthright," Altherion replied.

As the Verse Interface sang its opening line, a torrent of primordial memory surged through Zeron's mind:

A city floating above stars.Scientists bowing to a glowing infant.His mother, Lyra, carrying him through fire.A sealed dome, etched with the name: PROJECT: VERSECRADLE.

"You weren't just born, Zeron," Altherion whispered.

"You were written."

💡 Scene 2: Ivy's Awakening

In the encrypted chamber Ivy unlocked last chapter, she finally slotted the data shard from her alternate self.

Her eyes widened as projections exploded across the walls.

Footage. Equations. Psychological logs.

"Project Verseburner," she whispered. "Not a weapon. A… key."

One file stood out.

Titled: LOVE AS A CHRONO-ANCHOR.

"Zeron's emotional attachments keep his Verse stable," the file read.

"Sever the anchors, and the Verse collapses into raw Krono."

Then another file revealed something worse:

"Ivy Lysette: Emotional Anchor #1."

"They planned me?" she whispered, voice trembling. "They made me for him…?"

Then came the final note:

"If Anchor #1 falls, the Third Verse becomes unstable. Destruction probability: 88%."

Ivy stared at her reflection.

Not sure if she wanted to exist anymore.

🌀 Scene 3: Aina's Fracture

At Bluelight Peaks, Aina walked away from her older self—haunted, confused.

But her mind had begun to crack.

She heard voices that didn't belong in this time:

"Zeron's dead. He never finished the Verse.""We should've erased Ivy earlier.""Spiral was right all along."

They came from parallel timelines bleeding into her mind.

Aina stumbled to the cliff's edge, gripping her head.

"I can't tell… what's real anymore."

Her pendant pulsed.

Zeron's gift.

It kept her grounded — but only barely.

Suddenly, a shadow stepped behind her.

The Mute Titan from the future.

"You're slipping," it rasped. "Let us help you forget."

Aina turned, her Krono sparking red-gold.

"No. I remember everything."

And she fought alone.

⚙️ Scene 4: Zake's Showdown

Zake returned to the Spiral outpost hidden beneath Capital Omega.

He held the evidence from Moonwreck.

He stormed the council chamber, slamming the data crystal on the table.

"You lied. You erased our base. You tried to erase Zeron."

The Spiral elites stared.

Then one of them stood.

A general Zake recognized.

"Because we had to. You think he's your brother? He's not even human."

Zake launched at him—bare fists against armored guards.

A violent clash broke out.

And just when Zake was about to fall—

—Rest activated a hidden core inside the room.

It froze time for 3 seconds.

Just enough for Zake to say:

"My brother matters. And if you erase him… we'll rewrite the world."

🕊️ Scene 5: Zui's Prophecy

Zui sat in the Temple of Threads, where dreams could be stitched into timelines.

A new monk approached her.

Gave her a dreamscroll.

"This came from a forbidden future," the monk said. "Only you may read it."

Zui hesitated.

Then opened it.

She saw a future where Zeron stood atop Altherion—

—his eyes glowing purple.

The world below burning.

Ivy at his feet, broken.

Zake erased.

Aina gone.

"He became the Verse," she whispered, terrified.

Then the scroll disintegrated into ashes.

But a single word remained, burned into her hand:

"CHOOSE."

🎵 Scene 6: The Song Begins

Back inside Altherion, Zeron took a breath.

Then began to sing the Third Verse.

It was nothing like the others.

It wasn't musical.

It was mechanical.

A binary chorus of code and feeling.

Reality began to ripple.

And from the skies descended a new Mute Titan—twice as tall, cloaked in white instead of black.

Its voice was the sound of dial-up modems and dying stars.

"You are not the verse."

"No," Zeron said. "But I'm the one who will finish it."

The titan raised its hand.

So did Altherion.

The clash fractured the sky.

🔚 Preview — Chapter 46: Crisis of the White Titan

Ivy discovers her creation file is tied to Lyra's DNA.

Aina's time fractures become deadly — pulling her body into multiple versions.

Zake, Rest, and Zui infiltrate the Spiral core to find the Versecradle.

Zeron fights the White Titan in a clash that erases half the capital's memory grid.

And the Third Verse reaches its midpoint… but begins to corrupt.