When Leon opened his eyes, the world was no longer the same.
He lay on the cold metal floor of the bunker, lungs burning, every nerve in his body screaming. But what hurt the most wasn’t physical — it was the silence.
The System… was gone.
No humming circuits. No interface glow. No commands whispering in the back of his mind.
Just stillness.
Kiera crouched beside him, her hands trembling as she brushed blood from his temple. “Leon. Hey. You’re back.”
His breath came uneven, voice rough. “What… what happened?”
She swallowed. “Everything. The lights went out across the whole network. Then, one by one, the systems came back online — but they’re different.”
Leon forced himself to sit up. “Different how?”
Rafe’s voice cut in from across the control deck. “You should see this.”
The bun
