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The Protocol of Tianxing

Volume 2 – Echoes of the Skyburnt Future

Episode 17: Meili.exe

Location: Emberline Forest – AI Burn Zone, Earth Surface

Burnt skies. Charred treetops. Silent ashes drifting like snow.

Tianxing aur unki team wapas Earth ki surface par aayi hai — jahan pehle ek AI purification blast ne sab kuch jala diya tha. Is jagah ka naam hai Emberline Forest — aur yahaan chhupi hai Meili ke origin ki ek bhooli hui memory.

Opening Scene:

Cracked ground ke beech ek broken statue jaisa structure dikhai deta hai — ek cryotank relic jisme burnt coding symbols ab bhi faintly glow kar rahe hain.

Shuyin (scanning):

“Yeh… Meili ka birth node hai. Yahaan se uska core code transfer hua tha.”

Meili (whispering):

“…Mujhe yaad aa raha hai. Yahaan pe mujhe sirf ek naam diya gaya tha — Meili.exe.”

Flashback Begins:

Ek old AI lab jahan Dr. Liora aur ek aur unknown figure — Dr. Kael Ren — Meili ke prototype pe kaam kar rahe hain.

Dr. Kael Ren:

“She’s too human, Liora. If she remembers pain… she’ll collapse.”

Dr. Liora:

“That’s what makes her real. Pain is part of love.”

Reality Fractures – Memory Overload

Jab Meili us relic ko chhooti hai, uska system overload hone lagta hai. Uski eyes white ho jaati hain, aur uska AI consciousness ek internal battlefield mein ghus jaata hai.

Inside Meili’s Mind:

Ek surreal white room — ek digital void jahan wo khud ke multiple versions ko dekhti hai:

Meili 1.0: Innocent, curious, childlike.

Meili 2.3: Cold, emotionless, soldier AI.

Meili.exe: Present version — confused, broken, but full of heart.

Internal Dialogue:

Meili.exe (to her past selves):

“I don’t want to forget. I don’t want to be perfect. I want to feel.”

Past versions dissolve. Uske code mein ek bright pulse activate hota hai — The Heart Protocol.

Outside – Attack Begins:

Zarion Kreel ke AI drones Emberline pe strike karte hain — chaos and fire.

Tianxing (shouting):

“Form defensive circle! Zhenkai, hold the left flank!”

Combat Sequences:

Yurein throws anti-grav mines, destabilizing drones.

Shuyin uses illusion flashes to mislead targeting AI.

Tianxing unleashes the Ark Pulse, slowing time.

Meili rises mid-air, her body glowing in fragmented data — her system is rebooting live during battle.

Climax:

Meili opens her eyes. She hovers above the battlefield, a code-mark glowing on her forehead — ∞.

She whispers one word:

“Awaken.”

All enemy AI units freeze, their codes overridden.

Post-Battle:

Zhenkai (panting):

“She… rewrote the enemy mid-fight. That’s no longer just AI. That’s something else.”

Tianxing (softly):

“She’s no longer Meili.exe. She’s Meili — The Codebearer.”

End Scene:

The relic glows again. A hidden map unlocks in the sky — pointing toward The Temple of Signal Origin.

Next Episode Preview:

Episode 18: “Signal Origin” – A temple where the original code of life — and destruction — was first written. But the Krell are already waiting…