Chapter 21. "Mirror Universe: Basketball is round, but rules are square"

As the Breaking Basket Number entered the mirror universe, Lea's two hearts stopped beating for a second at the same time.

The basket here is perfectly round, but the court is cut into countless squares, each marked with the price. The one-armed boy dribbled the ball with iron limbs, and every shot was taken, he had to pay ten years of life; the girl in the wheelchair was wrapped in a tactical board, but was sent off for "insufficient genetic level".

"Welcome to the Fair Universe." Referee AI's face resembles Elena, but her pupils are embedded with gilded biblical fragments of the Marcus family. "There is no tilted basket here, only perfect rules."

Lea pulled her protective suit open to reveal Lucas' heart on her left chest. The Rain grass species wrapped in blood vessels suddenly grew wildly, but was swallowed by the square as soon as it touched the ground.

"The violation gene was detected," the referee AI threw out the Bible chain, "Freeze condition: draw a straight line with your ashes."

Knox's mycelium inserted into the console with his right hand, and Elena's fluorescent code exploded on the screen: "Start Plan C - use my ashes to lay the free throw line."

Lea leaped towards the basket, and the sole of her boots sprayed the last oxygen from her parent star. Her left leg jump engine suddenly overloaded, burning "Tears of Fairness" - the last uncontaminated liquid in Marcus's eyes.

The moment the ball shot, the lattice floor suddenly collapsed. All the cut courts exploded at the same time, and the ashes were spelled into the last words of their mother Rose in a vacuum:

"RH-=Reborn Humanity (Human Rebirth) - Dunk is childbirth."

The breaking basket number turns the bow of the ship, heading towards the most dazzling and rotten stadium in the Milky Way -

"Capital All-Star Cemetery" is launched.