The moment Sarya touched the collapsing corridor, the world disappeared.
Not physically.
Her body remained inside the resonance chamber while Kael shouted her name and warning sirens screamed across every active system on Earth.
But her consciousness—
Her consciousness fell directly into the storm.
The collapse fragments slammed into her awareness with enough force to tear language apart. Millions of broken resonance strands wrapped around her mind at once, carrying shattered memories, emotional residue, and pieces of civilizations that no longer existed anywhere except inside drifting harmonic ruin.
Pain exploded through the hybrid scar.
The chamber lights burst.
Elira stumbled backward as every console around her overloaded with white static.
"Sarya!"
Kael lunged toward the platform, but the air around it distorted violently, forcing him back as the Gate's harmonic field surged through the room.
Above Earth, the vault aperture continued collapsing.
