The Spire gave a final, agonizing groan. As the "Final Cut" Liling-Mimic’s rage peaked, she didn't just attack; she severed. She hacked the Spire’s gravity-stabilization core, plunging the top five floors into a localized state of zero-gravity.
Everything not bolted down—shattered glass, holographic projectors, and droplets of violet nutrient gel—rose into the air, a chaotic constellation of debris.
"Lucian! Elara!" Leo shouted, his voice drifting in the sudden silence. "Get to the emergency mag-boots! Meilin and I have her!"
The Geometry of the Void
The Liling-Mimic was no longer human. She had become a Geometric Singularity of liquid carbon, her body stretching into obsidian shards that reflected no light. She moved through the zero-G environment not by swimming, but by Phase-Tetheri
