Location: Doha's Core → Upper Realm (Oceanus Domain)
Time: Day 571/210 (Subjective/Actual) - Evening
Realm: Lower Realm → Upper Realm
Deep in the earth, Ala paused before returning to her dying vigil.
New hope bloomed alongside ancient grief—hope that maybe, just maybe, the one she'd lost hadn't abandoned her after all. Maybe he'd left something precious behind. Something that looked like forgiveness. Something that looked like their daughter.
But hope alone wouldn't protect Jayde and Yinxin from what was coming.
The Demonic Nematomorpha. Thousands of parasitic worms that would attack with overwhelming psionic force. A battle that could kill them both if they faced it unprepared and alone.
