Chapter 27 - The Empire of Silence

Five days had passed since Charles's fateful merge with EdenCode, and the world was already shifting beneath his feet. A sleek, black motorcade carved its way through the jagged peaks of the European Alps, escorted by drones that shimmered like shadows, their cloaking tech rendering them nearly invisible against the twilight sky. The vehicles moved with surgical precision, cutting through the icy wind as if the mountains themselves bowed to their presence.