Metaverse of Mechas

📘 Chapter 58

⚙️ Scene 1: Moonfall Protocol Initiated

The world didn't notice it at first.

The moon had always been a constant—a silent observer in the sky.

But tonight, as the stars blinked one by one, an eerie crimson light spread across its surface. In the Mecha Control Tower of Valtraxis City, sensors exploded with alerts.

"Unknown lunar signals detected. Krono interference—off the charts!"

In a dark surveillance room, a single figure smirked behind layers of encrypted feeds.

"The Moonfall Protocol... has begun."

Suddenly, the city's lights flickered.

People forgot the names of their streets. Maps rewrote themselves.

Entire blocks vanished from memory.

The Writer was erasing the world—not by war, but by rewriting belief.

🛠️ Scene 2: Building Aetherion

Deep within the rebel base beneath Sector Null, Ivy, Zake, and Zui were racing against time.

They had 47 hours before the next Moonfall phase.

Ivy: "We don't just need Krono. We need Echo Krono, and we only have one source... Zeron."

He sat in meditation, surrounded by rotating data rings and burning purple glyphs, his mind locked into the Cognitive Forge—a device used to shape mechas mentally.

Zeron was designing Aetherion, not with his hands, but with his thoughts.

Every decision had a cost:

A plasma cannon meant removing the flight boosters.A temporal dodge core needed him to erase one of his childhood memories.

He gave up his first laugh with Zui, just to add Temporal Phantasm Jets—engines that could dodge an attack one second before it happens.

Zake: "Are you okay, brother?"

Zeron (smiling weakly): "I remember less, but feel more."

🧠 Scene 3: Mental Core Trial

To bond with Aetherion, Zeron had to complete the Mental Core Dive—a process where the pilot connects their soul directly to the mecha's neural root.

He entered the chamber. Tubes linked to his spine. His mind drifted...

He was floating.

Before him stood his future self—a version with eyes that glowed like dying stars and hair touched with static flames.

"You're not ready," said Future Zeron.

"Then teach me."

"No. You must survive what I couldn't."

Suddenly, Future Zeron attacked.

Each punch carried decades of pain.

Each move—a memory erased.

Zeron bled inside his own mind.

And then he screamed—not in fear, but in defiance.

"I won't become you. I'll be better."

The realm shook.

The future self stopped. Smiled. Then crumbled into stardust.

Aetherion's core pulsed.

[Neural Link Complete: 100% Synchronization Achieved.]

🧬 Scene 4: The Rebel Camp Cracks

Back at camp, a problem surfaced.

Zake intercepted a coded signal—an internal one.

Zake: "There's a spy among us."

He traced it.

It led to the communication bay.

There, standing quietly, was Elyon, one of the first rebel engineers.

Zui gasped.

Zui: "Why...?"

Elyon: "Because the Writer didn't erase my family. You did."

He activated a micro-bomb.

But before it detonated, Zui's best friend, Eliya, appeared and tackled him.

The explosion shredded the room—but Eliya had wrapped her body around it.

The blast killed only Elyon.

Eliya survived... barely.

Zui held her in tears as medics rushed in.

Eliya (whispering): "Told you I'd take a hit for you someday..."

🌑 Scene 5: Moon Shadow Falls

In the skies above the Southern Expanse, the Moon Shadow began.

The Writer had deployed phantom cities—illusions from rewritten timelines that crashed into reality, causing chaos.

Each phantom city held null beasts—creatures born of corrupted Krono.

The rebels prepared for war.

Zeron, now fully linked to Aetherion, stepped forward.

The entire hangar trembled as the ground split open and rose...

AETHERION emerged.

Height: 312 meters.Weapons: Temporal Edge Blades, Voidflare Cannon, Arc Memory Wings.Specialty: Chrono Bending and Timeline Rejection.

Everyone stared in silence.

Aetherion was not a mecha. It was a phenomenon.

⚔️ Scene 6: First Launch

Zeron entered the cockpit.

The interface responded to thoughts.

Aetherion: "Command accepted. Pilot recognized: Zeron Vael."

The mecha rose into the air—its wings folding reality with each beat.

Above, phantom cities were falling.

Zeron surged forward.

He sliced one apart—rewinding it into dust.

Another came. He unleashed the Voidflare Cannon.

The null beasts evaporated.

But then...

A new enemy arrived.

A figure in silver robes, riding a Krono Dragon.

"I am Kaelion, Warden of Rewritten History."

He summoned corrupted time chains.

Zeron countered with Echo Mirage—splitting himself into future echoes.

They clashed mid-air.

Explosions of time distortions ruptured the clouds.

💥 Scene 7: Rebellion Awakens

Back at base, inspired by Aetherion's launch, the rebellion mobilized.

Zake led hacking teams into the Writer's lunar codes.

Zui transferred Eliya to a secret Krono recovery chamber.

Ivy deployed prototype drones with Krono reflectors to repel mental erasure.

Even former enemies—small mecha factions, rogue mercenaries, exiled engineers—began to arrive.

"Zeron... you gave them a reason to fight," Ivy said.

He didn't respond.

He was still in the sky—fighting to keep time intact.

🔮 Preview — Chapter 59: The Warden's Truth and a Betrayal Rewritten

Kaelion reveals a shocking truth about Zeron's past and the Krono system itself.Aetherion begins to glitch—something is wrong in its code.A rebellion leader betrays the resistance—but it turns out their memory was altered.Zui unlocks the power of Soul-Krono, a type that can heal timelines.The Moon Shadow prepares for a full-scale collapse—Earth's sky may vanish forever.