Chapter 33: Stage II blood evolution
Chapter 33
System initializing response... Please standby...
Ronan’s pace slowed. The night air was cool, brushing past his face as the facility behind him disappeared into the dark. The silence stretched, broken only by the faint crunch of his boots on gravel.
He frowned. "System. That wasn’t a hard question."
Clarifying query: Subject seeks explanation for autonomous lethal defense event. Confirmed.
"Yeah. That." He kept walking, but his shoulders were tense now, his jaw locked as he anxiously waited for whatever response it was gonna come up with.
Action was taken to preserve host consciousness during unstable synchronization. Blood was required. Host vitals at critical threshold. Immediate sacrifice of two viable lifeforms was determined as optimal route to ensure consciousness restoration and continuity.
Ronan stopped.
His breath caught in his throat.
"You needed... blood? To bring me back?"
Affirmative. System requires blood to evolve. To grow. To stabilize host’s neurological link. Consciousness was fading. Death was imminent. Blood of others became catalyst for survival.