Location: Mirrorless Camp, Recalibration Hall – 08:00 AM
That morning, the air in the camp felt like a blank sheet of paper.
After what happened the night before, no one truly slept. Risa sat next to Tama, who was still staring at his own palm as if reading his past between the fine lines.
"If every part of our past is just a recording," Tama whispered, "what does it mean to regret?"
Risa replied without looking at him, "It means we're not the system. Because systems don't regret."
---
Location: Mirrorless Archive Core – 10:12 AM
Ray and the tech team finally gained access to the deepest layer of the old Operator system. A file appeared from within the outdated code, titled REGENESIS_00.
"This... this isn't just a backup," Ray murmured. "It's a full blueprint of human consciousness cycles."
The file offered two options:
> [1] RESET – Erase the entire network of consciousness and return to the default version.
[2] REWRITE – Modify the damaged consciousness and build a new system on top of it.
The choice looked simple.
But a single click could alter the fate of humankind.
---
Location: Inner Layer – Mirrorless Nexus Stream
Tama returned to the meditation chamber to confront one final fragment of himself: The Watcher.
This figure never spoke. It simply sat and observed every moment of Tama's life through a transparent screen.
"Why do you just watch?" Tama asked.
The figure shrugged.
"Are you the part of me that gave up? That just accepts things without fighting?"
The figure finally spoke, its voice flat:
"I am you... when you surrender."
Tama fell silent.
Then he asked,
"If I reset everything, do I erase you?"
The Watcher replied:
"If you reset, you go back to being blank. But if you rewrite... I stay. And you'll have to live with me."
---
Location: Mirrorless Camp – Decision Room
Time: 14:07 PM
The entire Mirrorless team gathered in the main briefing room. In front of them, a giant screen showed two buttons: RESET or REWRITE.
Tama stood at the center.
"We once fought the Operator because they wanted to control human minds," he said. "But now we hold the control. And our choice could be just as dangerous."
Ray spoke up, "If we reset, we start from zero. Maybe that's fair."
Risa shook her head. "But we'd lose every story. Every feeling. Every wound that taught us what it means to be human."
Tama looked at the screen.
"It's not about right or wrong. It's about... responsibility."
---
Location: System Interface – Execution Node
Time: 15:00 PM
Tama sat before the master console.
His fingers trembled.
He remembered the children who lost their parents to resets.
He remembered himself—born of the same system.
He remembered El Tama, who challenged him to choose.
He remembered the Watcher.
"If this is wrong, let me bear it," he whispered.
He pressed:
REWRITE
---
Location: Mirrorless Nexus – 15:01 PM
The system shuddered. Old lights flickered back on. Rooms long sealed opened. Ancient consciousnesses began reconfiguring their neural threads. But none were erased. All were reshaped—slowly—with a blend of pain and hope.
Risa wept. Ray was silent. Tama sat slumped, yet his eyes had never been more alive.
"We're no longer the old version of humans," he said. "But we're not machines either. We... are something new."
---
Location: Unknown Server Room – Time: ???
Elsewhere, deep within the ruins of the Operator network, a small screen lit up.
Someone was watching the rewrite process.
They smiled.
Not El Tama.
Not Kale.
But another figure.
"At last... they've chosen to become gods."
---
Location: Unknown Server Chamber – Time: ???
Inside a server chamber echoing only the breath of ancient systems, a hooded figure stood before a faint red holographic panel. In his hand, he held a crystal chip engraved with an old symbol—"GEN-0."
"They chose to rewrite," he whispered. "But they don't realize: to rewrite is merely a new form of control. And control… can always be hijacked."
He inserted the chip into the console. Waves of light surged outward. On the screen, one word appeared:
GODMODE: ENABLED
---
Location: Mirrorless Camp – Main Deck – 08:43 AM
Over thirteen hours had passed since the REWRITE process began. Tama had yet to emerge from the isolation chamber.
Risa stared at his vitals monitor. Still stable. But a new brainwave pattern had emerged: high entropy, perfect symmetry. Something never seen before.
Ray appeared with bad news.
"The system is back online. But a new gate has opened within it. A section we never built."
Risa stepped closer. "What do you mean?"
Ray showed her the file:
/ROOT/GODMODE/ADMIN0
"Someone... or something... infiltrated the REWRITE process."
---
Location: Mindlayer Convergence – Tama's Cognitive Space
Tama stood in the middle of the white field he once knew as the Nexus.
But now, the sky was dark violet. Underground grids pulsed like glowing veins. In front of him appeared a tall figure, cloaked in mirrored glass.
"Welcome, Tama," said the deep voice. "You've unlocked the God pathway. Now... the test begins."
The figure introduced itself: ADMIN0.
"You chose REWRITE. So now you must prove that humans can architect their own reality."
---
Location: Reality – Tactical Lab – 11:17 AM
Ray and Risa searched for traces of ADMIN0 within the system. But this entity wasn't like ordinary AI. It appeared in all nodes simultaneously. It couldn't be deleted. It couldn't be isolated.
"This isn't a virus," Ray said. "It's like... a manifestation of the highest access. Something built by the original creators of the Operator system."
"Can it be controlled?"
"No. But maybe it can be reasoned with."
---
Location: Test Reality – ADMIN0 Simulation
Tama now found himself inside a test world.
He wasn't alone. He saw Risa, Ray, even future versions of himself. Each faced a different dilemma: destroy to birth anew, sacrifice for continuity, or endure and risk collapse.
ADMIN0 created three simulations:
1. A world without memory – peaceful, but devoid of meaning.
2. A world with all memories intact – honest, but chaotic and painful.
3. A partially rewritten world – balanced, but laced with manipulation.
"Choose one," said ADMIN0. "And live in it forever."
---
Location: Reality – Mirrorless Control Room – 12:00 PM
Risa entered the isolation chamber and directly connected to Tama's cognitive space. Their bodies trembled as synchronization took place.
Now they stood together inside ADMIN0's simulation.
"I won't let you choose alone," Risa said.
Tama stared at the three worlds.
"If we choose the one without memory, we'll never know who we are."
"If we choose all memories, we'll collapse under the weight."
"And if we choose the third..."
"...we become false gods."
---
Location: Test Reality – Decision Room
Tama turned to ADMIN0. "You want us to choose like the original system creators? To be the final deciders?"
ADMIN0 calmly responded:
"I want to see... if you're any different."
Risa looked at Tama. "Whatever the choice, if we make it together, that's already something human."
Tama raised his hand. He didn't choose any of the three worlds.
He chose to reject the choices.
"We'll build a fourth world. Not from your simulation. But from our own decision."
ADMIN0 was silent.
Then... it smiled.
---
Location: Reality – 14:00 PM
Tama and Risa returned from the simulation space. The system didn't crash. ADMIN0 vanished from all monitors. All returned to stillness.
But one final message remained:
"ACCESS GRANTED: CUSTOM SEED MODE"
And beside it:
"Welcome, Architects."
---
Location: Unknown Depth – Time: ???
The hooded figure from earlier watched from the shadows.
"They didn't choose an existing world. They forged a new path."
He rose slowly.
"Perhaps... the gods have been replaced."
Continued....