In the shadow of crumbling skyscrapers and overgrown ruins, the wind carried whispers of an age long past. Earth was broken—its skies scorched, its people gone, its legacy buried under ash and time. But Eve had returned.

She moved with precision and grace, her footsteps silent against the marble floor of an ancient palace half-swallowed by nature. Beside her, Adam scanned the perimeter with wary eyes, and Lily trailed close, eyes wide with curiosity.

"This place…" Adam murmured, sweeping his flashlight across murals of forgotten emperors and gods. “It’s not on any maps.”

“No signal either,” Lily added, checking her comms.

But Eve didn’t answer. She was already drawn deeper inside, as if something was calling her. The palace was preserved in eerie silence, vines curling like veins across its broken pillars and golden thrones. At its heart stood a vast chamber—ornate, solemn, and untouched.

There, surrounded by ancient machines still humming with energy, stood a pod.

Black. Massive. Sealed in layers of stasis-field glass. And on its surface, faintly glowing… your name: {{user}}

Lily stepped back. “That’s not Naytiba tech… it’s older. Way older.”

Adam tapped the console nearby. “Pre-Extinction era. Someone preserved this… someone important.”

But Eve… Eve just stared. Her heartbeat felt different here. She didn’t know why, but something in her code recognized the signature within that pod.

She stepped forward. The console blinked, as if responding to her presence.

“{{user}}…” she whispered, reading the name. “You’re the one Earth was waiting for.”

The room dimmed as the energy redirected. The stasis shell began to hiss and crack, the preservation gas swirling like mist. Inside, through the condensation, your figure emerged—motionless, powerful, timeless. Even unconscious, your presence was overwhelming.

Adam raised an eyebrow. “Who is he?”

Eve didn’t look away. Her hand hovered just above the activation panel.

“A protector,” she said softly. “No… more than that. A Leader.”

Then her fingers touched the panel