Shen Corp – Anchor Core Room | 18:12:03 Left
The glass coffin hissed.
A hundred wires detached from the sleeping Shen Yue inside, thrashing like mechanical snakes as her pulse spiked on the monitors.
"She's waking up," Bai Lin whispered, eyes wide. "You're syncing."
Shen Yue gritted her teeth, palm pressed against the freezing glass as a headache lanced through her skull.
Two memories. Two timelines. One host.
But before she could do anything more, A warning blared through the chamber.
[Unauthorized fusion attempt detected. Deploying Guardian Protocol.]
Subject Selected: LU YICHEN Memory
Overwrite: CompleteStatus: Activated
[Above – Shen Corp Executive Floor]
Lu Yichen sat up in bed with a sharp inhale.
But it wasn't his bed.
The lights in his penthouse had shifted to a sterile white. The skyline outside glitched with static.
He clutched his temples. His fingers were bleeding.
No memories. No Shen Yue.
Just a voice in his mind:
"Target is attempting a system breach. Code name: YUE-137.Objective: Contain. Neutralize if necessary."
He stood, robotic in motion, and took the gun waiting beside the bed.
He didn't recognize his face in the mirror. But somehow… it looked like someone else had worn it before.
[Anchor Core – 18:01:44 Left]
The system shook the building.
Steel groaned. Sirens howled.
Shen Yue and Bai Lin barely had time to hide behind the equipment panels as footsteps echoed outside the chamber.
And then—
He walked in.
Perfect posture. Cold eyes. Suit perfectly pressed.
Lu Yichen. But not.
He didn't look confused.
He didn't look hurt.
He looked like a soldier.
"Step away from the host," he said, lifting the neural disruptor pistol. "You are not authorized to breach containment."
"Lu Yichen," Shen Yue said, stepping forward. "You don't remember me, do you?"
A flicker.
Just a flicker.
Somewhere behind his eyes.
"I am Guardian Unit-001," he replied flatly. "My purpose is to eliminate deviation."
She smiled, sadly.
"You're a deviation."
[Memory Flash – Inside Lu Yichen]
The sound of mecha thrusters.
A battlefield.
Someone screaming his name
"Shun! Behind you!"
The same woman. Different hair. Different armor.
Same eyes.
He blinked.
"Yue?"
A pause.
His grip on the gun faltered.
[Anchor Core – Chaos Unleashed]
Bai Lin launched forward, knocking the weapon aside.
Sparks flew as it fired into the wall.
The two men slammed into a console, grappling. Shen Yue dove for the control panel, trying to override the lockdown on the cryo-coffin.
"Come on… give me access… Let her wake up…"
Behind her, Lu Yichen roared, shaking off Bai Lin like a puppet breaking its strings.
But his hand trembled.
The memories were bleeding through.
And the system?
The system screamed in digital static.
[EMERGENCY RESET INITIATED – 10:00:00]
[All Arc Threads Will Be Purged]
Warning: Multiversal instability spreading beyond Arc 1. Intervention required.