As the Vault trembled, walls glitching and floors splitting open, a haunting noise rose from below. It wasn't a growl. It was data—screaming.
"Initializing... CORE ENTITY: OMNIBEAST.EXE""Source: Failed Trainer Constructs, Null Cheater Logs, AI Error Dumps...""Consciousness: Fragmented. Power Level: Incalculable."
The floor shattered, and from the depths emerged a colossal creature made entirely of fragmented code and metallic remains—towering like a skyscraper, dripping raw data. Its face was ever-shifting, morphing between the terrified expressions of hundreds of failed Trainers.
"What... is that?" Rehan gasped."It's the graveyard of ambition," whispered Nyra."It's... what happens when you try to cheat without purpose," Rishi muttered.
The Beast's Fury
The Omnibeast's roar corrupted reality around it. Nyra's watch froze mid-tick. Rehan's boots flickered as gravity bent sideways. Even Rishi's Trainer HUD lagged, unable to parse the creature's data.
"Target Identified: BETA TRAINER - RISHI.""PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: DELETE."
Without warning, the beast launched a limb made of jagged data at them. It phased through space, bypassing shields, and slammed into Rehan—hurling him across the chamber.
"REHAN!" Nyra screamed.
Rishi acted on instinct. He activated Trainer Sync Mode again, but this time, it faltered. The HUD glitched.
"ERROR: Unknown Data Stream Interference.""VEIL is piggybacking through Omnibeast.exe!"
Rishi's Inner Fracture
The Sync Mode backlash hit Rishi like a mental nuke.
He wasn't just syncing with parallel selves now—he was syncing with broken selves. The suicidal Rishi. The god-complex Rishi. The one who destroyed Earth in a loop.
"You wanted to cheat fate?""You wanted to play god?""Then bear the weight of all your other selves who failed."
Flashback Glitch: The Rishi Who Killed Everyone
For a split second, Rishi was dragged mentally into a corrupted memory:
He stood atop a mountain of corpses—his friends', his enemies'. His eyes glowed white. His Trainer system was god-tier. But he was... alone.
Completely.
"Ultimate power," that version said to Rishi,"but no one left to share it with. Still want this, kid?"
Nyra's Stand
Back in reality, Nyra charged the beast—her chronomancer powers creating a 3-second loop in the battlefield. She kept stabbing the same pixelated weak point over and over.
"I'm giving you time, Rishi!" she shouted. "Fix your system!"
Rehan, bruised but alive, rejoined the fight—uploading debug grenades into the Omnibeast's lower code structures. They exploded in silent pulses, unraveling bits of corrupted armor.
Trainer.EXE Override – Humanity Protocol
Rishi slammed his fist into the Vault floor and screamed:
"NO MORE!"
He disabled Sync Mode manually. Then, with trembling hands, activated a new option:
"TRAINER.EXE – HUMANITY PROTOCOL: ENABLE CONSCIOUS RESTRAINT""You may not be the strongest version of yourself...""But you're the kindest. And that's enough."
His Trainer HUD stopped glowing red. It pulsed soft white instead.
"ACTIVE BUFF: Code of Mercy – You gain strength for every life you protect."
The Counterattack
As the Omnibeast charged for a final attack, Rishi didn't dodge.
He walked straight toward it, glowing with the merged skills of every merciful self that had ever lived—even those who had died without power.
He absorbed its limb strike. Took the hit. And when it tried again, he caught it.
"You're not evil," he said. "You're broken."
With a scream of purpose, Rishi injected clean data into its core using his Trainer system—essentially giving it a patch note from his own code.
"INSTALLING: PATCH 1.0.0 – FORGIVENESS MODULE""PROCESSING...""SYSTEM... STABILIZING."
The beast shrieked. Not in rage—but in relief.
Its body dissolved into golden fragments.
Aftermath – The Vault's Gift
From the ashes rose a small sphere: a Trainer Patch Core. It held the first, original cheat ever written.
"This... could overwrite everything," Rehan said."And unlock our next evolution," Nyra added.
But Rishi stared silently.
"This is what Veil's chasing, isn't it?" he said. "Not power… but the original code of control."
Closing Message from Veil
Suddenly, the Vault lights flickered, and a final message appeared in blood-red code:
"You patched a beast.""Can you patch a god?""Let's find out—when I recompile the world in my image."
A portal opened in the distance—unstable, but familiar.
It led to Patchworld Prime.
End of Chapter 7