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Chapter 4 - Chapter 3 – Echoes of the Past

The system was glitching. Lines of code $%&7&7%% ran behind her vision, flickering.

"Warning: unauthorized presence detected.""Data link interference. Identity match: 68% — classified."

"Who was that man?" Sara asked.

"Unknown. Avoid contact." The system said in an almost immediate tone

But she couldn't. That voice — the calm, sorrowful tone — felt like déjà vu wrapped in pain.

Days passed as she traveled through villages near the forest edge. People whispered about a Sealed Tyrant, a being locked beneath the ruins of the "Glass Citadel." The same ruins she saw in her vision.

At night, in her space, she found something new — a door made of starlight. When she approached, she heard a whisper:

"You found me once in the ashes of the third world. Can you do it again?"

Sara pressed her palm to the door — but the system alarm sounded.

"Access denied! Host emotional integrity compromised!"

She collapsed to the ground, clutching her head, as the garden of stars flickered like a dying heartbeat.

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