Chapter 146: The Echo of Endless Lies
📜 Act I: A Tremor in the Hall
Ne Job was patrolling the Hall of Echoing Truths when Twinkle buzzed nervously.
The echoes grew louder, overlapping, their voices trembling with distortion.
Ao Bing frowned. "That's not resonance. That's deceit."
Taiyi Zhenren muttered, "Unprofessional."
Lord Xian appeared, grave.
> "Interns, beware. The Mask of Misrule seeks to forge an Echo of Endless Lies. If it rises, truth itself will be drowned."
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🧠 Act II: The Villains' Plot
The Bureau of Misrule had devised their most insidious scheme yet.
Their plan: corrupt echoes, turning truth into distortion, loyalty into manipulation, and courage into recklessness.
- An echo of friendship twisted into deceit.
- An echo of patience twisted into stagnation.
- An echo of courage twisted into recklessness.
Ao Bing clenched his fists. "We'll stop him!"
Taiyi Zhenren footnoted the evidence.
Ne Job whispered, "We must defend echoes."
Twinkle pulsed softly.
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🎭 Act III: The Hall in Peril
The interns entered the Hall's central chamber.
Echoes reverberated wildly, their truths faltering, as a dark resonance rose from the floor — jagged, shadowed, crowned with broken inscriptions.
The Mask of Misrule appeared, his cracked mask shimmering with cruel laughter.
He hissed:
> "The Echo of Endless Lies will drown all truths. The Bureau will fall."
Ao Bing hurled thunderfruit sparks.
Taiyi Zhenren annotated his tricks.
Glimmer giggled nervously.
Ne Job stepped forward.
He whispered, "Echoes are not lies. They are harmony."
Twinkle hummed faintly.
The resonance trembled.
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🧵 Act IV: The Confrontation
The Hall erupted in chaos.
Echoes twisted into false figures, whispering lies, erasing truths.
Ao Bing stumbled.
Taiyi Zhenren trembled.
Glimmer cried softly.
Ne Job unrolled Miracle #750-E — the Hall of Echoing Truths.
The scroll pulsed.
Remembrance resonated.
The echoes faltered.
Their corruption cracked.
Their glow returned.
The Echo of Endless Lies trembled.
Its shadow dissolved.
The Mask faltered.
His disguise cracked further.
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🌈 Act V: The Resolution
The Echo of Endless Lies dissolved.
The Hall glowed.
The echoes pulsed with new life.
Ao Bing laughed kindly.
Taiyi Zhenren footnoted truth.
Glimmer hugged Ne Job.
Twinkle hummed triumphantly.
The Mask fled into the shadows.
His voice echoed:
> "You may win today. But masks always return."
Lord Xian's voice echoed faintly:
> "Intern Ne Job, you have defended the Hall against endless lies. Well done."
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📜 Epilogue: A New Registry Entry
The next morning, a new entry appeared in the Miracle Registry:
> Miracle #760-L: The Echo of Endless Lies
> Status: Defeated, restored, unresolved.
> Effect: Teaches that lies cannot drown truth. Activated through courage and remembrance.
Ne Job added a note:
> "Some miracles are threatened by lies. But echoes always restore harmony."
Twinkle hummed.
And somewhere in the Hall, shadows lingered — but the interns were ready.