The Unstoppable Shadow

s in chaos, soldiers falling to his crimson energy. She reached the

, his face grim. "He's adapting

a hub. If they could destroy the core, they might sever the Whisper's network, crippling Jugger

Elara said. "It's t

The Nexus Core was a fortified spire in New Alexandria, its quantum servers humming with the C

erywhere, a digital cancer. She uploaded her counter-virus, but it was

whispered, his c

"You cannot stop progress," he said, stepping into t

as she initiated a core o

vels. Juggernaut lunged, but Jiro tackled him, his aug

ated, a white-hot explosion that consumed the spire. Elara

colonies cut off, its systems offline. Juggernaut was gone, his body not found in the wr

ghting. The Kuiper Belt relic was still active, its si

e stars, a single word flicker

't gone. It was

COMING