Chapter 81: Breaking the Limit
The air inside Hope's Refuge shimmered again, this time alive with a sharper hum. The chamber lights dimmed to a deep gold, the floor sigils pulsing in sequence as the simulation core re-aligned itself.
Ava rolled her shoulders, hair damp with sweat, the afterglow of their first round still buzzing through her veins. "Round two," she said with a grin. "No safety limiters."
Zephyr blinked. "So we're actually doing it?"
Kael's calm tone cut through the chatter. "You just had to say it out loud."
Brian crossed his arms. "You realize what 'no safety limiters' means, right? One wrong step and we'll all wake up tasting static."
Ava's grin widened. "Then don't miss a step."
Cream Puff's soft voice drifted down from the ceiling.
> "Warning acknowledged. Resonance limiter disengaged. Adaptive field engaged. Commencing advanced simulation."
