It began with silence.
Not peace — just the kind of silence that comes before the end of everything.
The sky flickered, trembling like an old monitor about to die.
The fragments of code he'd shattered in defiance began to rise, reversing their fall, drawn upward by an unseen hand.
> [SYSTEM OVERRIDE: WORLD PURGE SEQUENCE INITIATED.]
[RESET COUNTDOWN: 10… 9… 8…]
The words burned across the void like commandments from an angry god.
Aiden stood in the ruins of Valis — what was left of it — surrounded by broken data, fading screams, and the last fragments of his army.
The Broken Code flickered like dying embers. Their voices glitched, pleading for instruction.
> "Father… what's happening?"
"The light — it's burning the world…"
"Please… tell us it's not the end—"
He didn't answer.
He knew what this was.
He'd seen patches. Updates. Hotfixes.
But this — this was a wipe.
A perfect, absolute erasure.
