Julian stopped counting after ten thousand doors.
Every room looked different.
Every room held a person.
Every person carried a fragment.
He would walk in, place a hand on their chest, and watch the blue light disappear.
Then they would wake up.
The question never changed.
“Where am I?”
His answer never changed either.
“You’re safe. Follow the light.”
A door appeared after every rescue.
A way out.
A path home.
The years kept piling up.
His beard grew past his chest.
His clothes frayed.
His boots wore thin.
But the Origin fragment kept him alive.
Kept him moving.
SYSTEM: FRAGMENT WALK LV.3 → LV.4 → LV.5...
JULIAN VANCE — LEVEL 27 → LEVEL 28 → LEVEL 29...
He stopped reading the notifications.
They no longer mattered.
The only thing that mattered was the next door.
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