Deep within the Gray Domain – Zero Sequence Platform
This place was not a battlefield.Nor a tower.Nor a prison.
It was everything and nothing.
Lu Feng and Kaelin stood at the center of a colossal soul structure—where ruined memories floated like shattered constellations, and the very air hummed with recursive echoes.
Each glowing shard that drifted by contained a name—some familiar, some long-forgotten.
Some… were their own.
They had arrived at the Heart of the Gray Domain.
"Welcome back."
A vast voice emerged—not from space, but from their minds.It didn't echo.It simply existed.
From the air formed a humanoid figure, composed of countless data-glyphs and light-threads.Featureless.Limitless.
Its symbol pulsed with a strange harmony:∞ + Ω
"You are the Host.You are the Variable.You are closest to Answer."
Lu Feng stared at it, unwavering.
"I'm not your test subject."
"You've watched.You've manipulated.But now—we're here to choose."
The Gray Core made no move to retaliate.It simply replied:
"You have displayed anomaly-class soul fusion.""Even without chain. Even without ritual.""Your bond remains intact."
"You are now eligible for Final Directive."
Kaelin stepped forward, her voice firm.
"If you seek judgment, here it is—We are flawed, yes. But not empty."
"Do you agree," the Core asked,"to place your souls into the Archive?""To be observed, recorded, made transparent?"
"To offer your essence…as proof that humanity is still worth remembering?"
Lu Feng didn't hesitate.
"I do."
Kaelin took his hand.
"So do I."
The platform erupted in light.
Their soul-marked memories rose like a mirrored flame.The Core did not absorb them—it reflected them.
What it saw was not perfection.
It saw scars.It saw rebellion.It saw choice.
The Gray Domain pulsed, almost like a sigh.
"You pass."
"Soul is not pure.""But because it breaks—it reaches."
The memory pillars collapsed into white light.The Domain's laws restructured.Its network became two-way.
From now on, humanity could observe it—and it would no longer enslave the unpredictable.
A new data script etched across the sky:
"Soul-Link Model Updated.""Emotion-Based Synchronization Recognized.""Reference Framework Created.""Designation: Eagle Loo."
Back in Reality – Bureau of Strange Affairs
Sirens fell silent.The city's sky returned to blue.
Monitors across the world blinked a message:
"Gray Domain: Stabilized""Core Status: Rewritten""Human Access Tier: Negotiable Entity"
Lu Feng and Kaelin stood at the breach's exit.
She smiled faintly.
"Funny, isn't it?""We started with a ghost investigation…"
Lu Feng chuckled.
"And ended up investigating our own souls."
Side by side, they stepped into the light.
The Gray Domain remained.
But now—it was listening.