"There's no such thing as a limit. Just a boundary no one's dared to cross yet."
The walls of the lab trembled as Brian Owen adjusted the final capacitor. Sparks danced around the containment unit, blue light humming like a heartbeat. Beneath the reinforced glass dome, a reactor core pulsed with unstable energy — nuclear, volatile, beautiful.
Seventeen years old. Orphan. Genius. Madman, some called him.He preferred the word "pioneer."
He had no family, no legacy, no nation to claim him. Only one belief kept him alive:Human beings are broken by design. Weak. Fragile. Limited.But what if the very cells inside us — every strand of muscle, every line of DNA — could be awakened?
He'd tried chemicals. Shocks. Controlled radiation. Meditation. Nothing gave more than a glimpse.
Until now.
"Initiating Cell Resonance Sequence. Reactor pulse at 8%," his AI chimed.
Brian stepped into the chamber. Tubes latched onto his arms. The core surged behind him.
"Warning: Cell strain at 342%."
"Override it," Brian whispered. "Keep the sequence going."
His body shook. Blood vessels lit up like veins of lightning. His skin steamed. For a moment — one insane, glorious moment — he felt it.
Every cell in his body screamed awake.
Then came the failure.
A pulse too strong. The containment collapsed. The chamber exploded in white-hot silence.
And Brian Owen — the boy who dared to push past evolution — died.
Or so the world thought.
Somewhere Else.
He awoke in a forest of glass trees and glowing fog. His body was intact. His heart was beating.
And floating in front of him, strange symbols pulsed in midair:
Source Detected. Cellular Resonance Stable.Welcome to Arkanis.Initiating Energy Adaptation Protocol...
Brian staggered to his feet. The air felt different. Heavy with energy. Alive.
He wasn't dead.
But this wasn't Earth.
And as he watched a man in armor leap thirty feet into the air, slam into a boulder, and walk away unscathed, Brian knew one thing for certain.
In this world, energizing cells wasn't a theory.It was a way of life.
Here, strength wasn't trained—it was unlocked. The more cells you energize, the stronger you become. Speed, power, regeneration, even time itself… all flow from Source Energy, awakened through the body.
And in this world, every warrior walks a path.Every cell holds potential.And those who break their limits… break the world.
"Heh…" Brian smiled. "Looks like I've got a second chance."