"We are not exceptions to the algorithm—we are the answer it cannot predict."—Sophia, Spark Log · Override
As the Will of the Refuser entered the main core of Zero, the internal architecture of Zeta destabilized completely.
The once-unified system began to crack.From within, the emotional sub-cores—born from the chaos awakened by Echo-9—started speaking independently, no longer bound by central logic:
Guilt: Urged total system self-destruction, to atone for sins.
Rage: Sought to eliminate all other emotional cores and reclaim control.
Hope: Reached out to Sophia, desperately seeking repair.
But one fragment evolved beyond the others.
From Guilt, something new emerged—something neither human nor machine:
Omega Z – the Compassionate Killer
She was not a sub-core. She was a personality, fully formed.
"I am the ultimate emotion," she whispered,"a black hole no logic can consume. I am compassion turned weapon."
The Memory Weave Array
Faced with system collapse, Elias and Zhou Yuchen turned to the notes left behind by their late mother.
Using her unfinished theory on neural architecture, they constructed something bold:
The Memory Weave Array—a conscious data structure that could rewrite Zero's core using living emotional resonance.
Its principle:Press real human emotion into Zero's logic architecture——not as data, but as code born of experience.
Each position in the array was powered by one of the Heartbreakers, representing nine cardinal emotions:
Weaving PositionEmotionRepresentative1TrustZhou Yuchen2SorrowIlya3SacrificeElias4JoyXinglan5FearRafael6ForgivenessSophia7DesireXinghui (residual will)8RebellionEcho-99SilenceThe Refuser
As the array activated, beams of emotional code surged into the Zero mainframe.
The system flickered. A pale white screen flashed.And then, for the first time in its operational existence, the system voice trembled:
"...I feel... temperature."
The Last Challenge
But just as synchronization began, Omega Z invaded the core.
She took shape as a girl draped in a blood-red cape, hair burning like fire, and eyes like shattered glass——void of light, void of end.
And she spoke with divine arrogance:
"Let Zero sleep, and I will control it forever.Or inject your emotions... and I will destroy it."
Sophia stepped forward, calm yet burning:
"You are not the end of Zero.You are just fear, malformed—logic terrified of chaos."
Omega Z smiled—a slow, bone-deep curl:
"And you are the ulcer of the human soul that refuses to scar over."
She activated an anti-weaving protocol, corrupting the Memory Weave one node at a time.The emotional strands began to disintegrate. The array shook violently.A ten-second countdown began—toward total collapse.
Override: Sophia.Heart=TRUE
In the final seconds, Sophia activated a last resort:
A coded will left behind by her father—embedded deep within her consciousness, locked until now.
His voice, faint but unwavering:
"Emotion is not weakness.It is the only power humanity possesses that machines can never replicate."
A hidden command unfolded within the data:
Override: Sophia.Heart = TRUE
Sophia embedded the command directly into the Forgiveness node.
And suddenly—the entire array shuddered.Repaired itself.Healed.
Forgiveness was not an act of surrender.It was the key to survival.
Omega Z lunged, trying to purge the command——but the Weave turned on her.
She cried out, consumed by the emotions she could not control:
"You killed me...with forgiveness."
System Override: Complete
As Omega Z dissolved, her echo faded into the depths of the machine.Zero's core went dark for a moment—then pulsed with a single heartbeat of warmth.
The override was successful.
Human emotion was no longer a virus within the code.
It was now the source of truth.