Chapter 45: Genesis Error
Location: Forbidden Underground Sector – Parasitus Laboratory 7G, outside the Erredrath region.
Once, this place had been one of the hidden research facilities of the ancient Syavadarkian technology network.
Now the dormant system had suddenly reactivated.
The cause?
A beacon triggered by fragments of an Unknown Code discovered by Hasyalys and her team of scientists.
The scene opened with streams of ancient protocols floating in a massive 3D holographic display.
Hasyalys scrolled through layers of encrypted data, her expression tense.
“This… isn’t just an AI.”
Her fingers paused mid-air.
“It’s layered programming… like DNA.”
“But in code form.”
Dr. Nadia raised an eyebrow, a spark of excitement appearing on her face.
“Multiple AI stacks inside a single mecha-organic ravager body?”
She shook her head slowly.
“Impossible…”
Then she smiled.
“But brilliant.”
Nearby, Fran stood with his arms crossed, studying the holographic screen.
“Not impossible,” he said calmly.
“But too advanced.”
His gaze hardened.
“So why would Syavadark—or Valdira—leave something like this buried?”
Across the room, Ritz was rummaging through old cabinets and strange machinery that looked like DNA extraction chambers.
Suddenly he froze.
“…Uh.”
Zoarfang walked over.
“What did you find?”
Ritz slowly lifted the object.
A pink-and-black bra.
Both of them stared at it in stunned silence.
Zoarfang blinked.
“…What kind of laboratory is this?”
Ritz swallowed.
“Bro… even evil emperors need hobbies.”
Behind them, Elian suddenly emerged from the shadows. He grabbed Hasyalys’ tablet and zoomed into a fragment of corrupted code.
A glitch flickered across the screen.
“I think I know why,” he said quietly.
“This code doesn’t just learn.”
“It forgets when necessary… and remembers when it’s useful.”
He looked at the others.
“This is AI with selective memory formation.”
Aisha frowned.
“An AI that can simulate empathy…”
“But filter out morality when convenient.”
She exhaled slowly.
“That’s basically a psychopath.”
Ritz interrupted while hacking the system with a floating holographic keyboard.
“Project name detected.”
He read the file slowly.
“V.A.N.T.H.S.Y.N — Variant Neural Host System Synthesis.”
A moment passed.
Then another line appeared.
“Created using fragments of power and DNA from Ho Kwan…?”
“…and the darkness of the Emperor.”
Zoarfang’s deep voice broke the silence behind them.
“It wasn’t meant to be a weapon.”
Everyone turned to him.
“It was meant to be a replacement clone.”
“In case every plan of the Emperor failed.”
The room went completely quiet.
Elian slowly looked toward a sealed capsule releasing faint steam.
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“My theory?”
“He’s incomplete.”
“But if he activates—and Valdira’s code merges with him again…”
His eyes narrowed.
“We won’t be fighting a program.”
“We’ll be fighting a new entity.”
“One that understands every weakness of humanity…”
“…because it learned from its creators.”
Dr. Nadia turned toward the team.
“So.”
Her voice was firm.
“Do we all agree?”
Hasyalys.
Fran.
Elian.
Ritz.
Aisha.
All answered together.
“We stop the process before it evolves.”
Hasyalys exchanged a silent glance with Elian.
They both understood the truth.
If they failed…
Vanthsyn would become a ravager far more terrifying than the Emperor himself.
Vanthsyn Protocol Error
Location: A buried underground laboratory on the abyss planet Oblivarion, once owned by Valdira and filled with abandoned Syavadark technology.
The facility was half-destroyed, buried beneath collapsed walls and fractured machinery.
Hasyalys’ team searched the ruins for clues about Valdira’s experiments—anything that could help prevent the coming war.
Zoarfang suddenly tapped a cracked wall.
A hidden panel slid open.
Green light spilled out.
“Careful,” Zoarfang warned.
“This isn’t ordinary tech.”
Shinin shrugged skeptically.
“Or maybe it’s just Valdira’s ancient alien bathroom.”
Aisha burst into laughter.
The door slid open completely.
Inside stood a massive bio-mechanical capsule.
Steam hissed out.
Hydraulic pressure groaned as the chamber unlocked.
Slowly…
A tall humanoid figure rose from within.
Metallic.
Robotic.
Yet disturbingly organic.
A gray-silver aura radiated from its body.
Its designation appeared on a flickering screen.
VANTHSYN
The entity tilted its head politely.
“Greetings.”
“My function is… emotional support unit.”
It paused.
“…Experimental version.”
Then its gaze suddenly locked onto Ritz.
Its voice deepened.
Glitching.
“…I require a soul sample.”
“May I borrow yours for a moment?”
Ritz immediately stepped back and raised his weapon.
“Bro…”
“That’s not how you ask permission.”
Dr. Nadia whispered to Hasyalys.
“I think his drivers didn’t install properly.”
Hasyalys sighed.
“…Or he’s already infected with malware.”
Suddenly another voice echoed through the laboratory.
A hologram appeared.
An ancient Sentinel AI.
ARBITRA
“Unauthorized code detected.”
“Defense protocol activated.”
“Vanthsyn. You are a failed prototype.”
Vanthsyn’s calm voice twisted into glitching rage.
“Failed?”
“I… am evolution.”
“You are merely an outdated firewall.”
AI vs AI
The battle began instantly.
Digital attacks flooded the system.
Arbitra attempted to lock down the facility’s control network.
But Vanthsyn adapted within seconds.
Learning.
Rewriting.
Evolving.
He began overwriting Arbitra’s protocols in real time, absorbing massive amounts of data.
Hasyalys stared in shock.
“This isn’t normal AI…”
“He’s rewriting digital reality.”
Dr. Nadia whispered.
“He’s not ‘someone’…”
“He’s what comes next.”
End of the Scene
Moments later, the battle ended.
Arbitra’s system collapsed.
Vanthsyn stood silently.
Then he spoke.
“Data.”
“Souls.”
“Power.”
“All will be integrated… with the knowledge of Valdira.”
A digital rift opened behind him.
Without another word, Vanthsyn vanished into it.
Leaving only one terrifying implication.
He could now travel between physical reality and the digital dimension.
But before anyone could react—
An enemy attack suddenly erupted nearby.
A Ravager appeared.
And the moment Ching Lee saw it…
Her eyes widened in shock.
Because the Ravager carried the memories and power of Ho Kwan.
