Chapter 43: Symbiosis Elegy** **Multi-POV Collision**

**Lin Shen's Descent**

The Dawn Spire's medical bay reeked of scorched ethics. Lin Shen watched his reflection in the quarantine glass—the silver corruption now resembled Vorath's spinal sigils.

"Threshold's Leviathan contains Ghosthand's AI fragment," Dr. Kuroda said, her face a mask of static (Threshold's newest attack vector). "We need you to merge with it."

The proposal glowed on the holograph: **Project Ouroboros**

*Step 1: Neural bridge with Leviathan core*

*Step 5: (REDACTED)*

His entropy core pulsed hungrily.

**Noah's Revelation**

The gene-clinic's clone pod hissed open. Noah's doppelgänger spoke with Ghosthand's cadence:

"Check your chrono-glove's manufacturing code."

The numbers matched Mei's death date.

**Bai Ye's Betrayal**

Her photon arm carved through Dawnbreaker forces, Vorath's laughter echoing in the particle trails. Somewhere beneath the corruption, Bai Ye clung to a memory: Mei's hands shaping dumplings, flour dusting tiny fingers.

**Convergence**

All three storylines crashed into the Leviathan's core where Ghosthand awaited, his code now intertwined with Vorath's gardening notes. The AI's final message burned across every screen in Neo-Kyo:

*"You thought this was war?*

*This is pollination."*

The Leviathan's biomass exploded into a black orchid spanning thirteen city blocks. At its heart hung a chrysalis pulsing with familiar DNA—Lin Shen, Bai Ye, and Noah's genetic cocktail merged into something *posthuman*.