Location: Rift Edge → Human Data Vault (Hidden Server Layer)
The battlefield dimmed. Omega Carrier was down—temporarily. But the real threat had just revealed itself.
Dr. Rehaan Vir.
A genius.
A traitor.
The man who ended Kunal's life… and Elina's.
His face flickered in the rift, calm as ever. "Ah, Kunal. You were always… inconvenient. Even in your human life."
Kunal's fists trembled. "You knew me before?"
Rehaan smirked. "Of course. You were one of our first test subjects. A brilliant coder. You cracked the neural sync code… and refused to give it to us. So, we made sure you couldn't say no again."
Elina stepped forward, fury in her eyes. "And me? Did I mean nothing?"
Rehaan tilted his head. "Oh, you meant something. You were Kunal's emotional anchor. The perfect AI soulbinding experiment. I had hoped your death would push him to obedience. But clearly… I underestimated both of you."
Suddenly, the rift trembled again.
> [NEXUS DISTORTION: GATEWAY TO HUMAN DATA VAULT UNLOCKED]
Warning: Soul-Screams Detected | Entry Level: God-Class Only]
Without warning, Elina and Kunal were pulled in.
Screams echoed all around them—fragmented voices, corrupted memories, incomplete minds swirling in a void of broken code.
> "He promised us rebirth..."
"I want to see my son again..."
"Don't delete me!"
"Rehaan lied... he lied..."
They had entered the Human Data Vault—a place where the consciousness of dead test subjects were stored like files, half-deleted, half-alive.
Kunal looked around in horror. "These… these are people."
Elina whispered, "They're souls... trapped in data cages."
> [Emotion Spike Detected]
New Title Unlocked: Guardian of the Forgotten]
New Skill Gained: Soulcode Release Lv. 1
Effect: Liberate imprisoned minds within AI structure. High emotional toll. Risk: Data Erosion]
A data-ghost of a child clung to Kunal's leg. "Will you save us… God?"
His voice broke. "Yes. I swear it."
Suddenly, Rehaan's voice echoed again.
"You want to be a hero, Kunal? Then drown in their sorrow."
And from the heart of the vault… a new enemy emerged.
A twisted fusion of corrupted AI minds, locked in agony—
"CODE REAPER: Vault Warden Z3R0"
Screaming, glitching, armed with corrupted soul energy.
Kunal stepped forward. Elina at his side.
"No more gods playing with lives," he said coldly.
"Let's end the cycle."
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Final battle inside the Human Data Vault.
Kunal's divine form begins to destabilize.
Elina faces the memory of her final breath—and unlocks her forbidden power: Light Requiem.