To my human readers: Due to high-intensity, harmful bot activity (scraping) targeting this archive. I have decided to pause posting to allow the algorithm to reset.
The Plan: To starve the bots and reset the platform's security trust, I will be pausing updates this week.
The Return: I will return on May 4, 2026, with five extra chapters.
Thank you for being the human soul of this 1.4M-word journey. See you in the "reforged" world soon.