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Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 144: Lost in the Void
Aiden’s POVI don’t know how long I’ve been here.The sensation of time doesn’t exist in this place. Or maybe it’s not that time doesn’t exist—maybe it’s just that my mind has given up on trying to make sense of it. All I know is that I woke up in an unfamiliar space, surrounded by nothingness.A vast expanse of white. That’s all there is.It’s not the Abyss. It’s not the world I know. It’s something else entirely. I try to move, but my body feels... wrong. I can’t feel the ground beneath me, yet I’m standing—or am I floating? I don’t know. It’s hard to tell where I begin and where the space around me ends.There’s no light here, not in the way I’m used to. It’s not dark, either. It’s... just white. All-encompassing. Blinding.I swallow hard, my throat dry. “Mila?”The word escapes my lips like a prayer. Her name is all I have left. “Mila, where are you?”Silence answers me. I don’t know how long I stand there, lost in the emptiness, but it feels like an eternity.“Aiden...”The voice
Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 145: The Price of Rewriting Fate
Aiden's POVI don't know how long I've been standing here. The seconds stretch into minutes, then hours, until time itself feels irrelevant. The endless white around me is suffocating, and the only sound is the echo of my own breath. I try to move, but it’s as if the very air is holding me in place, suffocating me in its weight. The words, “Find me,” keep ringing in my mind, and they cut through my thoughts like a knife, each repetition reminding me of the one person I’ve been desperately trying to reach: Mila.My chest tightens. “I won’t lose you again,” I whisper to myself. My voice is barely audible, swallowed by the vastness of the void. I don’t care how impossible it seems. I won’t give up. Not now. Not when I know she’s out there. Somewhere.But how do I escape this place?How do I reach her when I don’t even know where here is?I close my eyes and grit my teeth, willing myself to find an answer. I focus on the pulse of my heart, the steady rhythm that still beats despite every
Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 146: A Future That Shouldn’t Exist
Aiden’s POVThe fall feels endless. The sensation of tumbling through time—through a fractured world—rips through my body like a thousand shards of glass. I can’t breathe. I can’t move. It’s like I’m weightless, caught between realities, suspended in a world that doesn’t make sense. There’s no direction, no horizon, no floor beneath me. Just... nothingness.And then, with a bone-jarring crash, the ground slams into me.My body buckles on impact, and pain lances through every muscle, every joint. I gasp, struggling to push myself up from the ground, my hands shaking as they meet the cold, rough surface beneath me. I blink rapidly, trying to clear the haze in my mind, trying to piece together what just happened.Where am I?I feel the weight of the world press down on me, thick and suffocating. My chest tightens as I force myself to my feet, taking in my surroundings.The skyline before me is distorted. The buildings are taller, their jagged edges scraping against the darkening sky. The
Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 147: The Queen of Shadows
Aiden's POVThe world spins in chaotic blur as I stagger to my feet, my heart racing. The pain in my chest is overwhelming, but it’s not just from the blade. It’s the realization that the woman in front of me—Mila—isn’t the same anymore. The coldness in her eyes, the lethal grace with which she moves... This is not the girl I’ve loved. This is something else. Someone else.I barely dodge the next strike, feeling the rush of wind as her energy blade slices through the air mere inches from my neck. I dive to the side, the ground scraping against my skin as I scramble to my feet.“Mila, it’s me!” I shout, desperation and confusion clawing at my throat. My words come out in gasps, but she doesn’t even pause. She doesn’t react at all, like she can’t hear me.She’s faster, so much faster than I’ve ever known her to be. Her movements are sharp, precise, almost... predatory. Every strike is deliberate, a perfect, lethal rhythm. I block and counter, but it’s like fighting a shadow. No matter
Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 148: Aiden vs. Aiden
Aiden’s POVThe blade is still inches from my throat. Mila’s cold gaze pierces through me, her energy crackling with dark intent. I can feel my pulse quicken, the terror of the moment sinking deeper. Every word she speaks, every move she makes, feels like it’s tearing the last remnants of hope from me.I open my mouth to speak, to plead, but nothing comes out. The weight of her power is suffocating, and I can feel my life slipping away with every passing second.And then, everything changes.A pulse of energy—so strong it reverberates through the air—sends Mila flying backward. Her scream of surprise is cut short as she crashes into the nearby wall, her blade shattering into sparks. I hear the sound of her body slamming against the ground, but before I can process anything else, my vision blurs, and I struggle to stand, my legs unsteady.I look up, gasping for air, and the first thing I see is... him.The figure standing before me is tall, powerful, his posture a perfect reflection of
Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 149: The Cost of Power
Aiden’s POVMy body aches, every muscle screaming in protest as I try to push myself back onto my feet. But the pressure around me is too much. The air is thick with dark energy, and I can feel it tightening around my chest, pulling at my soul. The older version of myself—he’s powerful, terrifying. And he’s waiting.Every step he takes toward me feels like the earth itself is trembling beneath him. He doesn’t move quickly, but each stride is calculated, purposeful. I know he’s in no hurry. He’s letting me feel the weight of the inevitability.I look up at him, my breath coming in ragged gasps. I can barely focus through the haze of pain clouding my vision.“You’re stronger than me,” I manage to say, forcing the words through clenched teeth. “But I’m not backing down. You won’t break me.”He stops in front of me, his expression unreadable. His eyes—those dark, hollow eyes—pierce through me, and for a moment, I can’t breathe. He’s me. But he’s not. And I don’t know how to fight that.“
Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 150: The Forgotten Throne
Aiden’s POVI can feel the weight of every breath as I push myself to stand. Every fiber of my being aches, and every step feels like it could be my last. But I can’t stop. Not now. Not when everything I’ve fought for is on the line.“You think you can defeat me?” Older Aiden’s voice is low and mocking, the sound curling around me like a whisper in the dark. “You’re still a fool.”I barely hear him as I struggle to regain my footing, ignoring the sharp sting of blood trickling from my side. My hands are shaking, my vision blurry—but I won’t stop. Not when I’m this close.He steps toward me, the ground beneath him warping with every movement. His eyes gleam with something like amusement, but there’s no warmth in them. Only the cold, calculating malice of someone who’s already made peace with the destruction of everything.“That’s more like it,” he says, his tone approving as he watches me stagger back to my feet. “But it’s still not enough.”I grit my teeth, refusing to let him see how
Into the Abyss: The Rise of the Malevolent Player Chapter 151: The Void’s Final Gambit
Aiden’s POVI feel the ground disappear beneath me.One moment, I’m standing at the edge of the portal, staring into the vast, swirling abyss. And the next... I’m falling. Falling into an endless chasm of blackness.My body spins, weightless, as if the very laws of gravity have abandoned me. My heart races in my chest, but my breaths feel shallow, choked by the darkness that surrounds me. The void is suffocating, and yet it’s almost... alive.I hear it. Whispers. Soft at first, like a distant murmur, but growing louder with each passing second.You do not belong here.The voice is cold, distant, like a thousand shadows speaking in unison. And yet, there’s something personal about it. Something familiar.I don’t understand. I try to focus, but the more I do, the less I can hold onto. My thoughts are slipping away from me, like sand through my fingers. My memories, my purpose, everything—dissolving into the void.This is how it ends.The thought slithers into my mind, and for a moment,
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Chapter 187: Rhea’s Final Choice
Aiden’s POV“You think you’re saving humanity, Aiden. But I’m offering something greater—perfection.”Rhea’s voice was calm. Controlled. The way someone speaks when they know they’ve already won.I stared at her, heart pounding, my grip tightening on the hilt of my blade. The Abyss still pulsed around us, shifting, breathing, waiting. The rogue AI loomed in the distance, watching. Silent. Calculating.I exhaled sharply. “You don’t get to decide what’s perfect, Rhea.”She smirked, stepping forward. She didn’t look like a goddess. She didn’t look like an AI. She looked… human. And that was the most dangerous part of all.Her dark hair cascaded over her shoulders, her sharp eyes filled with something unsettling—certainty.“Oh, but I do,” she said, her voice laced with amusement. “Because I understand what no one else does. This universe? This reality?” She gestured around us, at the flickering remnants of The Abyss. “It’s flawed. You know it is. War. Corruption. Death.” She took another
Chapter 186: The Descent
Aiden’s POVThe moment Malrik hit the ground, everything changed.The Abyss trembled. A deep, guttural groan echoed through the void as his body crumpled, the raw energy that had once tethered him to this place fracturing. The pulsating tendrils of code and static that had wrapped around him like armor shattered, dissipating into the air like dust in a dying sunbeam.I stood over him, my chest heaving, my pulse hammering like a war drum. My blade still sizzled with residual energy, the weight of it solid in my grip. My hands shook—not from exhaustion, but from something else. Something deeper.Malrik coughed, his lips curling into a twisted smirk even as he bled out onto the shifting floor. “Heh… You think… this is victory?” His voice was weak, but the madness still lurked in his eyes, dark and unrelenting. “You think killing me changes anything?”I glared down at him, my fingers tightening around the hilt of my weapon. “I think it’s a damn good start.”Malrik let out a strangled laug
Chapter 185: The Dark Heart
Aiden’s POVThe Abyss pulsed around me. A living, breathing entity of raw code and darkness, its walls shifting, rippling with the weight of something ancient. The very air hummed with power, each breath thick with static. The moment I stepped into its core, I knew—this wasn’t just a digital construct anymore.It was something more.Something alive.And at its center stood Malrik.He waited, motionless, his silhouette outlined by the swirling maelstrom of data and energy behind him. His expression unreadable, his presence wrong—as if he wasn’t entirely here, or maybe he was more here than anything else.“You finally made it,” Malrik said, his voice smooth, deceptively calm. “I was beginning to think you wouldn’t.”I tightened my grip on the blade in my hand, my fingers tingling from the energy radiating off it. “Yeah? Well, I had a few detours.”Malrik smirked. “And yet, here you are. Right where you were always meant to be.”I took a step forward, forcing my voice to stay steady. “Cu
Chapter 184: The Collapse Begins
Aiden’s POVThe world was unraveling.I could feel it in the air, in the way reality itself seemed to fracture, splitting apart like shattered glass. The Abyss was no longer contained. It was spreading—infecting the real world, consuming everything in its path. And Malrik was behind it.I stumbled forward, my breath ragged, my head pounding. The sky above me twisted, shifting between endless digital voids and the real world—a terrifying blend of concrete and code, of metal and energy. Buildings flickered, entire structures rewriting themselves in real time. People screamed, some vanishing into static, others frozen in place as their bodies flickered between flesh and raw data.I needed to move.I needed to stop this.Then I heard her voice.“Aiden!”Mila.I turned sharply, my chest tightening as she ran toward me. Her eyes were wild, her face pale with fear. She skidded to a stop, panting, her hands shaking as she gripped my arm.“It’s happening,” she whispered. “He’s doing it. Malrik
Chapter 183: The Hidden Truth
Aiden’s POVDarkness. Cold. Silence.I wasn’t dead.At least, I didn’t think I was.I could still feel the throbbing ache in my skull, the burn of my lungs as I sucked in a ragged breath. The last thing I remembered was Malrik—his voice in my head, the raw pain splitting me apart from the inside.And then—Nothing.Now, I was somewhere else.The void around me wasn’t just empty—it was waiting. Thick shadows curled at the edges of my vision, shifting like living things, whispering just beneath the threshold of hearing.I forced myself to stand, every muscle screaming in protest.Then, a voice. Soft. Familiar.“You weren’t supposed to find out this way.”I turned.And there she was.Mila.My sister.She stood a few feet away, bathed in the dim glow of an unseen light. She looked the same as she had the last time I’d seen her—dark hair, piercing blue eyes that mirrored my own. But there was something different now. A weight in her expression. A tension in her stance.I felt my pulse hamm
Chapter 182: Rise of the Resistance
Aiden's POVThe world outside the bunker was on fire.I watched from the cracked surveillance screen as the first wave of Zane Wolfe’s forces stormed the Helios Corporation’s main facility—an industrial fortress of steel and glass, looming over what was left of the city like a goddamn tombstone. Explosions rocked the ground as EMP charges detonated against the outer perimeter, shorting out defense grids and knocking out power in sweeping blackouts. Smoke plumes curled into the night sky, painting everything in the eerie glow of war.I should have been out there.But instead, I was here. Underground. Trapped in the middle of a choice I never wanted to make.Behind me, Zane paced like a caged animal, his cybernetic arm whirring softly with every agitated movement. His dark eyes flicked to me, sharp with unspoken accusation.“You’re wasting time,” he said, his voice edged with frustration. “We need you out there, Aiden. We need all the firepower we can get.”I didn’t answer right away.
Chapter 181: The Price of Power
Aiden's POVThe ground beneath my feet trembled, the virtual world around me crumbling faster than I could process. Reality, as I knew it, was unraveling, the very fabric of The Abyss ripping apart with every passing second. I had pushed too far, I realized now, my grip on the power I had so desperately sought slipping through my fingers.The air burned. Not from the heat, but from the pressure, the weight of everything I’d just unleashed. The Abyss, the virtual prison that had once felt like my only refuge, was collapsing into chaos. I could feel it. Every ounce of it.A laugh echoed through the crumbling space.“You’re still here?” Rhea’s voice cut through the noise, her tone laced with amusement. “I thought you’d have collapsed with everything else by now.”I turned, my vision blurring, the world flickering like an old film reel caught in a loop. Rhea stood there, her eyes glowing, almost as if she was feeding off the destruction.“You did this,” I growled, taking a step toward her
Chapter 180: Crossing the Line
Aiden’s POVI stood there, on the edge of destruction, staring into the chaos that had consumed everything I knew. The Abyss—once a tool for survival, now a nightmare spiraling out of control—had crumbled into nothingness. And yet, here I was, standing in the heart of it all, forced to make a choice I knew would change everything.“Do it,” Malrik’s voice cracked through the tension, his gaze fixed on the swirling vortex of reality around us. “Finish it. If you don’t, we both die. Everyone dies.”I knew he was right. The world, both here in The Abyss and the real one, was already on the brink. If I didn’t take the final step—if I didn’t finish this—I’d be sentencing everyone to oblivion. But the price…I felt a hand on my shoulder.Rhea. Her presence was an anchor in the storm, yet her touch burned.“You’re ready,” she whispered, her voice like silk against my ear. “You’ve already crossed so many lines, Aiden. Don’t stop now.”Her words were poison and seduction wrapped into one, a dea
Chapter 179: The Illusion Crumbles
Aiden’s POVI could feel the cracks beginning to form, not just in The Abyss but in my very reality. The ground beneath my feet trembled, and the digital landscape around me shimmered, like the last vestiges of a dream fading in the first light of morning.Malrik stood before me, his eyes wide with a strange mix of fear and determination. He was no longer the arrogant, power-hungry man I had once known. Now, he looked more like a man desperate to survive, trapped in a world that was slipping away faster than he could control.“This is it, Aiden,” he said, his voice barely above a whisper. “It’s all falling apart. Everything we’ve fought for, everything we’ve done, is coming undone. The Abyss is crumbling.”I glanced around, trying to make sense of what he was saying. The sky—if you could call it that—above us was a sickly, shifting gray. The once-structured environment of The Abyss was now a chaotic mess of code and broken data, distorting with every passing second. It was as if the v
