"When fate mirrors yourself, the only way forward is the path you carve open with your own hands."— Override Residual Consciousness: Zero Profile Excerpt
After returning from the Zero Court, Sophia began to experience strange temporal interference within her consciousness:
She could hear two versions of herself speaking at once.She dreamed of two completely different endings to the same story.Each time she made a decision, she felt the ripple of another choice—one she hadn't made, but someone else had.
Override System Alert:
[Double-consciousness time rift detected][Source located at Chrono-Stella Main Axis A102 and Omega-Null Temporal Blind Spot][Sophia from two timelines approaching convergence][Upon collision, forced fusion will occur; only one reality may persist]
In the Consciousness Safe Zone established by the Starlight Council, Sophia accessed the Override's central simulation space to confront the anomaly.
—And there, she met herself.
Timeline A – Sophia:
The current protagonist. She had endured Override purges, exacted revenge, made sacrifices, and protected those she loved.She carried Z's core fragment, was synchronized with Guardian, and had removed sixteen Override fragments.She believed in building from the ashes, not burning everything down.
Timeline Ω – Sophia:
She had never cleared Override.Upon awakening, she chose the path of annihilation: she merged with Echo-Chaos, severed the timeline's axis with her own hands, and sacrificed hundreds of civilizations in an effort to restart the universe.She became the true "Mother Core" behind Echo-Chaos—a being forged of absolute freedom and vengeance.
The space around them twisted and reformed endlessly, the simulated world collapsing and reconstructing with each passing second—unstable, quantum-fractured, torn between two opposing wills.
As the two Sophias drew nearer, the Override system initiated the Trial of Consciousness.
Only one identity would be allowed to continue in the shared reality.
Trial Parameters:
AttributeTimeline A – SophiaTimeline Ω – SophiaBeliefSelf-sacrifice to protect all lifeSacrifice all life for personal justiceRelationshipMerged with Z, carries the Guardian fetusMerged with Zeta, wields the Chaos BladeGoalRebuild the Multi-Civilization Council; purify OverrideErase the origin of Override; reboot the universeEndingNo self, but all beingsOnly self, and silence
Within the confrontation space, the two Sophias engaged in a mirror duel of pure consciousness:
Language became a blade, memory a shield.
Pain struck like arrows, regret blazed like fire.
Each emotional impact caused ripples across time and space.
They were both Sophia.And yet—utterly opposed.
Then came the final blow.
Timeline A Sophia said:
"You don't have to destroy the world just to prove you've been hurt."
The words pierced through the dense layers of hatred that Timeline Ω Sophia had used to bury her original self.For a moment, buried beneath rage and vengeance, something fragile stirred—The soft, grieving, desperate self who had once yearned for healing.
Ω Sophia stopped.
She gave a weary, bitter smile.
"Then you carry our pain... and go on."
She chose to dissolve.Her consciousness transformed into the Override Balance Module—a safeguard embedded within the system to record the path of extreme vengeance, reminding future generations never to become what she had been.
System Update:
[Temporal Rift Converged][Override Fragment No.17: Converted to "Emotional Archiving Factor"][Sophia: Unified Consciousness Restored][Guardian Fetal Synchronization: Enhanced][Predicted Future Path Stability: +26%]
Sophia fell into a brief stasis, her mind processing the integration of her vengeance-shaped counterpart. Within her consciousness, new changes emerged:
Dual-Heart Pathways: two contrasting drives—protection and destruction—available for emotional combat and moral decision-making.
First Dream Expression: the fetus within her stirred for the first time, revealing a trace of awareness.
Override Update: a new module was born—Emotional Resonance Field.
The Starlight Council initiated the creation of a simulation branch, dedicated to restoring the fragments of civilizations lost in broken timelines.
And Sophia, now whole, stood on the edge of time not as a destroyer or a redeemer—
But as a memory-bearer of both vengeance and mercy.