The entire planet was a ticking time bomb. A huge, red countdown timer appeared on every screen in the core chamber, its numbers dropping with a terrifying speed. The floor shook so violently it was hard to stand, and the humming machine below them began to glow with the heat of an angry sun.
Ryan, deep inside the fractured dream-world, felt the overload sequence begin. It was a wave of pure, destructive energy washing over the dream, threatening to tear it apart and burn the minds of the awakening citizens to ash.
He was running out of time. He couldn't guide millions of confused minds to safety while also fighting off this new psychic storm. He had to end this at the source. He had to confront Valerius, not just in the real world, but here, in the world of the mind.
