Chapter 5: Escape from the Quantum Elder
Chapter 5: Escape from the Quantum Elder
Erevan's mind raced.
The Quantum Phantom Code pulsed inside him like a living entity, its unstable energy rippling through his meridians. He clenched his fists, trying to keep his body from glitching out of reality.
The elder cultivator stepped forward, his robe flickering like a cosmic projection. His cybernetic eyes locked onto Erevan, scanning him in real-time.
"You have stolen something beyond your comprehension, boy."
His voice echoed with authority, and the very air inside the Forbidden Archives trembled. The walls of shifting code darkened, and golden Dao scripts formed behind the elder, weaving into a battle formation.
Erevan gritted his teeth. This was no ordinary cultivator—this was a Quantum Grandmaster.
A system notification flashed before his eyes.
[Threat Level: EXTREME]
[Recommended Action: IMMEDIATE EVASION]
"No shit."
The elder raised a hand.
The very laws of space around Erevan began collapsing.
Quantum Dao Technique: Dimensional Lockdown
Erevan's body froze, every atom locked in place. His Cyber Qi circuits overloaded, unable to process the sheer density of Dao suppression.
A blue window flickered in his vision:
[ALERT: Movement Restricted]
[ERROR: Quantum Hack Unable to Process Spatial Anomalies]
The elder took another step forward. "Return the technique, and I will consider sparing you."
Erevan grinned. "Yeah, that's not happening."
He closed his eyes and focused inward, channeling the raw instability of the Quantum Phantom Code.
A new command whispered through his mind.
[Quantum Phantom Code: Break Reality]
His body glitched violently.
Quantum Phantom Code: Forced System Reset
The Dimensional Lockdown shattered.
The elder's eyes widened. "Impossible—!"
Erevan vanished.
One moment he was standing in place—trapped. The next, he was everywhere and nowhere at once, moving through the shifting layers of reality itself.
He reappeared ten feet away, body still flickering between states. The Quantum Phantom Code had granted him a temporary pass through the system's rules—allowing him to bypass the elder's suppression for just a moment.
And one moment was all he needed.
The elder roared, summoning a Cyber Qi spear and hurling it forward at light-speed.
"You cannot run!"
Erevan turned and ran.
Escape Through the Quantum Grid
The Forbidden Archives' emergency protocols activated.
Golden walls of shifting data formed ahead, blocking pathways.
Quantum Guardian Constructs rematerialized, their blades humming with deadly energy.
A spatial tear opened in the ceiling, ready to suck him into a virtual void.
"Shit, shit, shit."
Erevan's brain overclocked, running every possible escape route through his Quantum Hack interface.
A glitching pathway appeared in his mind—an unstable exit, but his only chance.
He activated Glitch Step and jumped—straight into the collapsing data network of the sect.
The world around him distorted, stretching and flickering.
For an instant, he was inside the Quantum Grid—a sub-dimension of pure data and energy, where all the sect's knowledge flowed.
He barely had time to register it before he was violently ejected, thrown into the outer halls of the sect.
Erevan landed hard, rolling across the metallic floor.
A notification popped up:
[STATUS: ESCAPED – TEMPORARILY]
He exhaled sharply. "That was too close."
The Sect Won't Forget
Alarms still blared in the distance, but for now, the sect's enforcers hadn't found him. He needed to lay low.
A new notification appeared.
[Quantum Phantom Code: 1% Integrated]
[Side Effect: Reality Instability – User may experience unexpected glitches.]
Erevan flexed his fingers, watching them flicker between solid form and translucent code.
"Great. Now I'm a walking bug in reality."
He looked up at the neon-lit night sky of the Quantum Sect.
He had stolen a forbidden technique.
He had escaped a Grandmaster.
And now, the entire sect would be hunting him down.
Erevan smirked.
"This is going to be fun."