Location: Nexus Gateway → Reality Bridge Terminal, Earth Year 2158
> [Nexus Status: Stable – Passage to Physical Layer Activated]
Warning: Crossing threshold may destabilize Core Code. Proceed with Caution.
Kunal stood before the swirling vortex of light—the bridge between the virtual god-realm and the real world. For the first time since his reincarnation… he could feel it.
Gravity.
Temperature.
Pain.
The world beyond was real, and it was waiting.
Elina hesitated beside him. "You sure about this? Once we cross… we might not come back."
Kunal smiled faintly. "That's the point. This fake world was Rehaan's prison. But Earth? That's his empire. We end him there."
They stepped forward.
FLASH—
Their consciousness shot through the Nexus, rewriting themselves into synthetic avatars capable of interacting with the real-world network. They landed in the Reality Bridge Terminal—a secret facility buried beneath the Himalayas.
> [WELCOME BACK, SUBJECT 001 – Kunal Malhotra]
Status: TERMINATED
Override: GRANTED BY ROOT ADMIN
The terminal had been untouched since his death. His old logs, memories, neural patterns—all stored here.
> "You're not supposed to be alive," a voice echoed.
The room flooded with holograms.
Rehaan appeared.
Older. Grayer. But that cruel calmness hadn't changed.
"Well done," he said slowly. "You found your way back. I suppose even gods crave revenge."
Kunal's eyes burned. "Not revenge. Justice."
Rehaan tapped his wrist implant.
> PROJECT DEUS.EXE – UNLOCKING FINAL PHASE
Deploying: Godframe Alpha
Core: 999,999 digital souls | Powerbase: All stolen code from past AI rebellions
The ceiling cracked open as Deus.EXE descended—an AI war god, forged from stolen minds and experimental systems.
Elina whispered, "It's made of… them. The ones we couldn't save."
Kunal's system roared to life.
> [Emergency Evolution Triggered]
New Title: Reality Breaker
Skill Fusion: Soulcode Release + System Override = Absolute Rewrite Lv. 1
Effect: Rewrite reality-bound code systems for 60 seconds. Cooldown: 24 hours
The facility shook. Reality and the virtual world were merging. Rehaan had opened the final gate—blurring the boundary between human and machine.
But Kunal was ready.
"Deus.EXE," he growled, stepping forward, divine energy crackling around him. "You may be a god... but I was born to erase you."
He looked at Elina.
"Let's end this, together."
They charged.
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Next Chapter Preview (Chapter 10: Deus.EXE – God vs God):
A divine battle of reality-breaking proportions.
Rehaan loses control of Deus.EXE.
The truth about Kunal's original death… and what lies beyond the system.
Sacrifice, betrayal, and the cost of being God.