Chapter 31 - Chapter 31: The Equation of Death and Survivors

Neuro remained standing at the center of the training hall while the pressure of mana continued to surround him from every direction like an invisible ocean pressing against his existence yet unlike before he no longer treated it as something to resist or overcome it had become background noise something constant something insignificant compared to the direction his thoughts had begun to take his mind was no longer focused on power or training but on something far more fundamental survival "If they were summoned…" the thought formed slowly inside his mind "…then who killed them" it was not a simple question it was the foundation of everything that followed because the existence of more than a billion beings from different races across countless worlds could not simply disappear without cause "the red-haired girl said…" he recalled her exact words with precision "…more than a billion died… and only thirteen remained" silence filled his thoughts for a brief moment before he continued "…and I am the fourteenth" that single truth shifted everything completely this was no longer about talent or early advancement it was about existence itself about remaining alive in a system designed to erase almost everyone he slightly raised his gaze as if looking beyond the physical space around him "more than a billion…" he repeated slowly "…reduced to thirteen" the difference between those numbers was not loss it was annihilation on a scale beyond comprehension "this is not coincidence…" he thought coldly "…