Chapter 30: Ashes and Orchids

**The Silence After Light**

Neo-Kyo awoke in a world reborn. The Spire-Tree was gone, replaced by a field of white orchids glowing with starlight. Citizens' hybrid traits remained, but the Blight had vanished.

**Lin Shen's Fate**:

He knelt in the flower field, his body now a bridge between timelines. *"The Cycle is dead. We write our own story now."*

**Bai Ye's New Role**:

She founded the **Lumin Guild**, teaching hybrids to control their powers. Her photon dagger became a symbol of hope, its blade engraved: *"From ashes, we rise."*

#### **The Hidden Threat**

In the Chrono Wastes, a single orchid bloomed black. Mira's voice whispered from its petals: *"You cannot kill a shadow. Only scatter it."*

An Echo Walker child picked the black orchid. Their eyes flashed serpent-green