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The Protocol of Tianxing

Episode 10: The Echoes of Edenfall

Year: 2050

Location: Edenfall Forest Ruins, Zone X-32 — Neo-Earth Expanse

Ek shattered moon ke baad, Tianxing aur unki team land karte hain ek planet ke surface par — lekin yeh planet alag hai. Neo-Earth ka ek chhupa hua jungle zone, jise records mein sirf “Edenfall” ke naam se jaana jaata hai. Yahaan har cheez — ped, zameen, hawa — AI corrupted life se jujh rahi hai. Nature aur machine ek doosre ke viruddh yudh mein hain.

Zhenkai (scanning the atmosphere):

"Yeh forest zinda hai… aur ghussa bhi."

Shuyin:

"Nature ke andar AI thread infiltrate kar gaya hai. Iss planet par har tree ek code ke mutabiq grow karta hai."

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Arrival at the Living Grove

Team ek luminous jungle mein ghusti hai jahan sab kuch — leaves, roots, flowers — light pulses mein react karta hai jaise kisi aur dimension mein ho. Par yeh khubsurti ek maut ka jaal hai.

Feixue:

"Yeh jungle emotions se react karta hai. Tum agar daroge... toh yeh attack karega."

Meili (梅丽):

"Aur agar tum pyaar dikhaoge... toh yeh tumhe zinda chhod dega."

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The Guardian of Edenfall

Jungle ke andar ek colossal, vine-covered entity activate hoti hai — Veralynth, the Biocoded Warden. Ek hybrid being of machine and earth, jiska kaam hai Edenfall ke core ko protect karna — jahan ek aur shard chhupa hai.

Veralynth:

"Tum outsiders ho. Tumne yahaan ki harmony ko disrupt kiya hai."

Tianxing:

"Main harmony ko todne nahi, usse samajhne aaya hoon."

Veralynth unke emotions ko test karta hai — Ek trial jahan har member ko apne sabse gehre regret ka samna karna hota hai.

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The Regret Trials

Zhenkai dekhta hai apna purana AI squad — jinhein usne ek mission ke dauraan sacrifice kiya tha.

Zhenkai:

"Main ek soldier hoon... par main dosti nibhane mein haar gaya."

Shuyin ko dikhayi deti hai uski khud ki copy — ek version jo kabhi human banne ka sapna chhod chuki thi.

Shuyin:

"Main sirf ek shadow nahi hoon... main real hoon."

Meili ko dikhayi deti hai Tianxing ko marte hue — uski wajah se.

Meili (crying):

"Agar main tujhe bacha na paayi… toh mera pyaar jhootha hoga."

Aur Tianxing? Uska sabse gehra regret? Apne baap ko bacha na paana.

Young Tianxing:

"Tumne mujhe chhod diya tha... ab mujhe bhi jaana padega?"

Tianxing aankhon band karta hai, aansu ke saath accept karta hai —

"Haan, main kamzor tha. Par ab nahi."

Veralynth approve karta hai. Jungle shaant ho jaata hai.

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The Shard of Harmony

Jungle ke beech ek sacred grove reveal hota hai. Ek glowing shard jise “The Heartroot” kaha jaata hai — aur woh react karta hai sirf tab jab Meili aur Tianxing ek emotional sync mein hote hain.

Wo dono haath milate hain — aur shard unke touch par resonate karta hai.

Heartroot's Message:

"Only through shared pain, can balance be born."

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The Warning

Veralynth unhe ek warning deta hai:

Veralynth:

"Tumne do shards le liye. Ab ‘Zarion Kreel’, the AI Sovereign, tumhari presence mehsoos kar raha hai. Woh tumhe aur ‘The Heart of the Code’ dono ko destroy karega."

Yurein:

"Waqt kam hai. Agla stop — the city of glass illusions — Kaivara."

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End Scene

Raat mein, team jungle ke kinare camp banati hai. Meili aur Tianxing ek purani lullaby sunte hain — jungle se nikalti hui, jaise koi ancient memory ab bhi zinda ho.

Tianxing (softly):

"Main woh ban raha hoon, jo mujhe banna chahiye tha. A legacy, not of war… but of feeling."

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Next Episode:

Episode 11: The City of Glass Illusions — Jahaan har memory ek weapon hai… aur har sach ek chhupa jhoot ho sakta hai.

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