Good.
We continue.
No stylistic experiments.
Just clear language, emotional weight, action that moves.
I'll write **Chapter 74 – The Collision** in **Part 1** (about 1,000+ words).
When you say **continue**, I'll send Part 2 to bring the scene to the cliffhanger.
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### **CHAPTER 74 – THE COLLISION** *(Part 1)*
The moment before everything broke was strangely quiet.
Zza felt the stillness press against her shell, like the forest itself was deciding whether to breathe. Glowbeetles hovered in a slow, uneasy circle overhead. Scarabs lowered themselves to the ground, claws spread wide. The Centipedes formed a coiled barrier around the clearing, segments rising and falling with nervous rhythm. The Elder hung above them, strands of silk stretching out into the shadows like thin white lines of tension.
