The underground chamber became completely silent. No one moved. No one breathed. No one dared interrupt the woman on the screen. Aarya stared at her mother. Unable to look away. After years of searching. Years of questions. Years of pain. She was finally getting answers. And somehow— that terrified her. Because every answer so far had only created more questions. The screen flickered softly. Dr. Kim So-young smiled sadly. "The greatest secret of Project Aarya was never you." The words echoed through the chamber. Then she reached toward something off-camera. A holographic projection suddenly activated above the terminal. Everyone jumped. Dozens of files appeared in midair. Images. Research data. Photographs. And one title repeated again and again. PROJECT GENESIS A

