"What will I become," I thought, a shiver running down my spine, "when I own the very thoughts and memories of the world?"
The question hung in the chilled air of Aegis Prime, a cold promise of what was yet to come. The Analisis Prediktif Data node, Level 6, throbbed within my skull, a breathtaking new layer of perception. I wasn't just seeing the flow of data anymore; I was seeing its ripples, its echoes, its long, inevitable shadows stretching into the future. It was like watching a million invisible dominoes fall, each one connected to the next by an unbreakable, quantum thread.
Elaine stood beside me, her breath hitching, her face illuminated by the golden glow that now emanated from my very being. "Leonard, what's happening? You're… you're glowing!"
"It’s the System," I whispered,
