"We've been something that never existed before since the day we evolved," Atlas replied, his voice steady despite the chamber crumbling around them. "What's one more transformation?"
The twins' suspended forms pulsed with approval, their golden energy intensifying. "Then approach the center. Stand beneath us. Allow your synthesis to align with ours."
Another violent tremor rocked the chamber, larger chunks of ancient stone crashing down dangerously close to them. The crystalline network flickered, destabilizing further as Shanghai's convergence continued wreaking havoc on reality itself.
Atlas and Sarah moved to the platform directly beneath the suspended twins. Golden energy crackled between them, their molecular structures already interpenetrating at quantum levels. The air around th
