Chapter 124 - 124: The Garden of the Grandfather

Kian Voss breached the perimeter and sprinted toward the heart of the Equine Reach. The closer he got to the village, the more the reality of the world seemed to warp.

There were no birds. No insects. Even the wind seemed to have lost its voice. Agri-World 496b was designed to be a paradise; it should have been teeming with life, yet here, the forest was a tomb of silent, grey timber.

Kian checked his status. He had downed all his functional energy drinks and covered the final stretch in a stimm-fueled blur. As he broke through the final treeline, the village came into view.

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