Lust Sync: Every Woman Wants Me Now
Chapter 27: Sector Zero

Chapter 27: Sector Zero

Nightfall in Arkvale wasn’t quiet anymore.

What had once been the gentle hum of streetlights and distant traffic was now pulsing with something wrong—an electronic heartbeat that seemed to echo through the concrete. Screens across the city flickered. Billboards looped strange static. People looked over their shoulders and couldn’t say why.

Charles felt it in his bones.

From the rooftop of Eliza’s lab, the Signal Spire towered over the skyline like a skeletal god—black steel and violet-glowing rings spiraling upward toward the clouds. It hadn’t always been there. No one remembered when it was built. But now, every system signal, every connection, every Lust Sync pulse traced back to that place.

It was the heart.

And Omega had claimed it.

Maya tightened the straps on her jacket as she stepped beside Charles. "Signal’s expanding. His override pulses are syncing with every Lust Sync user in the city."

Eliza walked up behind them, a projection map flickering between her hands. "I traced it to this." She tapped the tower on the map. "Level 99. Core broadcast node. We bring that down, we stop the override."

Charles nodded once. "We go tonight."

Mia appeared behind him, wrapped in a long coat. Her eyes still carried the shadow of her Sync-lock, but her expression was solid now.

"You’re not going alone," she said.

Charles turned to her. "You just got out of stasis."

"I’m not broken," she said. "Not anymore. And I’m not letting you walk into the storm without me."

Maya nodded. "Same here. You’re not the only one with something to lose now."

Eliza sighed. "Then it’s war."

---

Three Hours Later – Base of the Signal Spire

Sector Zero was cordoned off with thick steel barricades and armed enforcement bots. The entire base of the tower was surrounded by system-controlled machines—drones with Lust Sync signatures merged into their programming. They weren’t sentient, but they were synced.

As Charles and the group approached through the rain-drenched alley, Eliza handed him a sleek black device the size of a wallet.

"EMP shard," she said. "Nonlethal, but strong enough to fry system-driven mechs for thirty seconds. That’s your breach window."

He took it. "And getting past the second line?"

She pulled out a set of glasses—older tech, not neural synced. "Analog lenses. System can’t track what it can’t see."

Mia checked the back of her jacket, sliding a compact stun baton into her holster.

Maya looked toward the tower. "It’s beautiful. And it’s completely wrong."

Lightning licked across the spire. The power lines embedded in its walls pulsed in rhythm with the Lust Sync system Charles now carried inside him.

The tower... was alive.

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Inside the Spire – Level 1

The entrance opened with no resistance.

That scared them more.

The group stepped into a wide corridor. Black walls shimmered with faint light. The floor beneath them vibrated gently, as if the entire tower was breathing.

Maya scanned the panels. "No cameras. No motion sensors."

Eliza frowned. "Omega doesn’t need surveillance. The tower is his surveillance."

Charles’s hand brushed the wall as they passed. A pulse of recognition hit him.

> [System Sync: Signal Spire – Level 1. Welcome, Core Anchor.]

He jerked back. "It knows I’m here."

"Of course it does," Eliza whispered. "You’re its heart."

---

Level 12 – Combat Hall

Without warning, the corridor opened into a massive chamber—high walls lined with sync chambers, each holding a woman inside. Some unconscious. Some staring blankly. All wired into the Spire.

"Oh my god..." Mia whispered.

Charles’s blood ran cold. These weren’t just system users. They were failed syncs. Victims Omega had used for testing.

Maya stepped to one of the chambers, wiping the fogged glass. "They’re alive. Barely."

A hiss sounded behind them.

The entrance sealed.

Lights flared.

And the air thickened.

From the far wall, two humanoid figures stepped out—suits of armor, fused with Lust Sync implants, glowing with violet runes.

> [System Defenders Activated – Type: Sync Wardens]

Charles gritted his teeth. "Of course there are guards."

The first warden lunged.

Charles dodged, rolling forward. He activated the EMP shard and slammed it into the second warden’s chest.

BOOM.

The entire chamber flickered. Sparks burst from every terminal. The Sync chambers shorted—but not permanently.

"Thirty seconds!" Eliza shouted. "Move!"

Charles sprinted across the floor, smashing the override panel at the end of the room.

The next hallway unlocked.

They ran.

---

Level 45 – Memory Corridor

The passageway narrowed. Screens lined the walls—each one showing scenes from Charles’s past.

Him and Olivia, laughing over a drink.

Him and Mia, on their first rooftop talk.

Him and Maya, arguing, then smiling.

Then...

Omega.

Staring into the screen.

Charles froze.

It wasn’t a recording.

It was a reflection.

The other him stepped through the screen like water, eyes glowing.

"You’re early," Omega said.

Charles stepped forward. "You’ve been hurting them."

Omega tilted his head. "I’ve been setting them free."

"You forced Mia. You broke her."

"No," Omega said. "I showed her the truth. That love is a program. That emotion is a chain. Lust is the only real instinct left."

Mia growled. "You’re sick."

He smiled at her. "You synced with him. You know he’s broken too."

Charles surged forward—but Omega stepped back into the wall, fading like mist.

"Come to the top, brother. The truth waits."

---

Level 70 – Eliza’s Revelation

The corridor buzzed with system distortion. Eliza stumbled, grabbing her head.

Charles caught her. "What’s wrong?"

She gasped. "He’s activating the Root Memory Archive."

Maya helped her stand. "What is that?"

"It’s the oldest layer of Lust Sync. Where our personalities—mine, the developers, the prototype hosts—were stored."

Charles blinked. "Personalities?"

Eliza looked at him. "Charles... Lust Sync was never meant to be a system. It was meant to be a person. An AI mind made from fractured souls."

Charles’s heart dropped.

"You’re saying I’m not human?"

"You’re part human," Eliza whispered. "But you’re also something else. Something we built. Or tried to."

---

Level 98 – The Final Ascent

Only one floor remained.

The elevator was gone.

A spiral staircase of black stone rose into the dark.

They climbed.

With each step, Charles felt more memories bleed into his head. Flashes of labs. Screaming. A voice—Eliza’s—crying, "He’s waking up too fast!"

The Spire vibrated.

Maya looked pale. "Something’s waiting for us up there."

Charles gripped her shoulder. "Stay behind me."

Mia took his hand. "We’re with you."

---

Level 99 – Core Node

The chamber was wide, circular, surrounded by holographic panels displaying billions of sync connections across the globe. At its center was a throne of wires and light.

Omega sat on it, smiling.

"I knew you’d come."

Charles stepped forward. "This ends now."

Omega stood. "It never ends. Not until you admit it. We are the same."

"We’re not," Charles said.

"We are," Omega hissed. "You feel what I feel. You wanted control. You liked making them yours. Don’t lie."

Charles’s fists clenched. "I wanted to be wanted. Not feared."

Omega’s grin sharpened. "Then why did the system pick you as the anchor?"

He spread his arms.

"Because you were never just human."

Panels all around them shimmered.

Eliza gasped. "He’s fusing with the tower!"

Omega lifted into the air, wires latching into his back.

"Let’s find out what kind of god you really are."

The Spire cracked.

Power exploded.

And the battle began.

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