The road had ended.
The ground beneath them was cracked, dry—like a hardened shell. As the sun sank westward, the sky turned shades of violet.
But the horizon didn't shimmer from heat.
It pulsed—with electricity.
Fade took a few steps forward.What rose before him… wasn't a wall.It was a boundary.
Nearly fifty meters above, a translucent dome bent and warped the air. But this wasn't an ordinary barrier field.
Sparks danced across its surface—white and blue veins flashing like a living nervous system.
At times, a ripple shimmered and vanished, like something breathing.The dome was alive.
Kaela approached slowly from behind, lifting her data device.
The screen flickered with static for a moment before stabilizing.
"Energy levels are off the charts… but erratic. They're using organic code."
"Organic code?" Zeyna asked.
Kaela nodded. "Yeah. It means... the system responds like something alive. A living security protocol."
Fade reached out his hand.
