he chamber became completely silent. Not one person moved. Not one person spoke. Not one person breathed. Because of the words glowing across every monitor. EXTERNAL CONTACT DETECTED And beneath it— ORIGIN: OUTSIDE EARTH The message felt impossible. Ridiculous. Insane. Yet nobody laughed. Nobody questioned it. Because after everything they had discovered— nothing seemed impossible anymore. Aarya's hands trembled. The vision was still fresh inside her mind. The silver-haired woman. The ancient civilization. The warning. They found the Cradle. The words echoed endlessly inside her head. Then Adam's voice broke the silence. "No..." For the first time since appearing— he looked terrified. Truly terrified. Not of Victor. Not of Genesis. Of this. Jungkook immediatel

