Anomaly

Author: Rowen

Chapter 307 – The Primordial Fear [25]

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Emily and her team kept all their focus on the graphs that appeared on the monitors, updated every second. Still, it had been a while since the fluctuations stopped following any stable pattern, oscillating erratically and worryingly.
Moreover, no matter how many times they tried to establish contact with Arthur, Victor, or Rupert, the response was always the same. Only static signals returned through the communication channels, accompanied by distorted and indecipherable sounds, low, continuous noises that seemed to carry no coherent message.
At this point, Emily was unknowingly biting her nails, overwhelmed by the anxiety tightening her chest. What exactly was happening over there? Was everyone okay? Was there anything, anything at all, she could do to help?
The questions piled up in her mind, one after another, giving her no peace. Still, all she could do was remain silent, watching from a distance as each attempt seemed to fail, and the feeling of helplessness only grew.
“Maybe they’re all just dead?” a voice echoed behind Emily. The tone didn’t carry any trace of mockery or irony, it was just a blunt, raw question, filled with curiosity. There was sincerity in it, as if the person was genuinely contemplating that possibility.
Emily stopped biting her nails the moment the voice echoed through the room. Her body reacted before the thought could catch up, and she turned around abruptly, narrowing her eyes.
Right behind her, casually sitting on a control panel, was the owner of the voice. Her legs swung lightly in the air, with the carefree ease of someone in no hurry, contrasting with the tension in the air. Emily narrowed her gaze even more.
“What are you implying with that?” Emily asked, her voice firm, sharp.
The girl just shrugged and, with an utterly indifferent expression, replied: “Isn’t that the most logical conclusion? They haven’t responded in thirty minutes, and we have no idea where they are. Doesn’t all of this make you think they’re dead...?”
The figure in front of her fell silent for a moment, as though those words needed time to settle in the air. Then the girl seemed to remember something and added, almost absentmindedly, with a slight tilt of her head: “Oh, but that anomaly from the mission is probably still alive. She always seemed... hard to kill to me”
Emily stared at the figure, identical to her sister, for a few more seconds. The heavy silence stretched between them before she sighed in resignation. She ran a hand through her hair, looked away for a moment, and then locked eyes with her again, as if trying to accept the impossible.
“Did you know you can be really annoying sometimes?” she commented, her voice low, heavy with exhaustion, yet still clear enough for the figure to hear. She stepped to the side, her heart racing, furrowing her brow: “What exactly do you want from me, after all?” she continued, now with a trace of irritation mixed with confusion: “Why the hell did you show up for me? You should be dead... dead people don’t speak, they don’t look like that, and sure as hell don’t interact”
Emily’s words seemed to grab the figure’s attention. Slowly, she raised her gaze and, with a cold, indifferent expression, stared back at Emily.
The face was exactly like her sister’s, same delicate features, same eye shape, even the familiar posture she knew so well.
Every gesture, every subtle expression, made Emily’s heart ache, bringing memories she would rather keep buried. Still, despite everything screaming otherwise, Emily was certain that this figure wasn’t her sister. It couldn’t be.
That was when the figure smiled, a slight, cornered smile, tinged with a cruel amusement. A brief sound escaped her lips, soft and teasing: “Fufu... so these are your thoughts, sister?” Her eyes glimmered for a moment, as if probing something beyond the words: “You really want me to stay dead? Have you forgotten why I died, after all... the sacrifice that brought me here?”
Emily’s body froze the moment she heard the figure’s words, the one with her sister’s face. She knew, rationally, that this presence wasn’t who it claimed to be, but still, everything about it contradicted that certainty.
The same face, the same subtle expressions, the same mannerisms, even the slight curve of her lips when she smiled, it was identical, a painfully perfect copy.
Emily’s lips trembled for a brief moment. Countless words she wanted to say crowded her mind, accusations, questions, pleas never spoken, but none could escape her throat. Her chest felt heavy, as if the air had become too dense to breathe.
Before she could organize any thoughts, a heavenly voice suddenly echoed, soft and clear, breaking the silence that surrounded her. The sound came from very close, right beside her, making Emily shudder as she felt the sudden presence that interrupted her thoughts.
“Oh my!” the voice exclaimed, in an exaggeratedly surprised tone, almost theatrical. There was a brief pause, as if the speaker was observing the scene with amusement: “It’s not good for you two to fight, kids...” it continued, now with sweetness: “How about we all get along, hm?”
When Emily turned her gaze toward the voice, she found a short figure gently floating in the air. Two delicate wings, attached at the base of the spine, flapped at regular intervals, tracing graceful movements that kept her suspended, as if the air itself were cradling her.
A faint glow seemed to emanate from her silhouette, accentuating harmonious, serene features. She was a being of almost unreal beauty, so captivating that she could, without any exaggeration, be described as having an angelic appearance... literally.
The reaction of the humans present was nearly unanimous: immediate shock, followed by fear. Some, on the other hand, looked so overtaken by terror that Emily could have sworn they might pass out at any moment, their faces pale and their breathing uneven.
Those who showed caution were precisely the ones familiar with the anomaly, an entity that, while harmless most of the time, was also notoriously inconsistent and playful... almost always in a peculiar way that bordered on unsettling.
For those who had never encountered it before, however, the scene was interpreted quite differently. From their perspective, it looked as though an anomaly had simply appeared out of nowhere, with a clear intent to kill them.
“Whoa!” exclaimed the figure who resembled Emily’s sister, her voice and expression marked by genuine surprise. Her eyes widened briefly before she tilted her head slightly, studying her with curiosity: “You can see me?” she went on, still incredulous. Then she paused, as if struck by a sudden realization: “Well... considering who you are, I guess that’s to be expected” she finished with a shrug and a half-smile.
Seeing the figure, so eerily similar to her sister, react with such indifference and superficiality, Emily let out a restrained sigh, heavy with impatience. She then slowly turned toward the anomaly that had appeared so abruptly, as if tearing through the very air around it.
“What are you doing here?” she asked, raising an eyebrow in open suspicion. She crossed her arms, her tone sharpening with a hint of irony and firmness as she continued: “And another thing... kids? How old do you think I am? Maybe for you immortal beings, age doesn’t mean a thing. But for humans who live, at most, to a hundred, I’m already considered an adult, you know” Her gaze never left the entity.
Emily watched the entity closely as it merely tilted its head slightly before breaking into a surprisingly friendly smile: “Hmm... from my point of view, all of you are still children” it said in a soft, almost amused voice: “My beautiful, adorable children” The smile was contagious, far too wide to seem human, and carried a strange mix of tenderness and superiority, as if the entity truly believed it was speaking to fragile, innocent beings.
For reasons Emily couldn’t understand, an old sensation resurfaced in her chest, the same maternal warmth she used to feel when she was with her own mother.
It unsettled her deeply. That was why she avoided nurturing that emotional anomaly. It was... far too strange to feel something like that for someone who wasn’t her mother.
Still, seeing the situation as an opportunity, Emily tilted her head slightly, letting a crooked, ironic smile slip free, and mocked her in a soft yet venomous tone: “For a mother, you’re pretty indifferent to your children... watching them die one by one and doing absolutely nothing”
Emily waited for some kind of reaction. Even so, she couldn’t say she expected the one the anomaly gave her. The entity tilted its head to the side in a thoughtful gesture, then spoke with solemn calm: “Hmm... even as the origin of life, I cannot interfere with this cycle”
She then closed her eyes, falling silent for a brief moment, as if searching for a distant memory or organizing her thoughts. When she opened them again, she clapped one hand into the other in a sudden gesture that suggested she had remembered something important.
“Ah! That’s right... you humans kill animals to survive, feeding on them” Her voice carried no judgment, only observation. She continued: “As the origin of all life, just as I see you as my children, I see those animals the same way. I may be a mother, but above all, I am responsible for life itself. I cannot interfere with what happens after that life blossoms. My sole mission is to create it, not to monitor it”
Emily scoffed in response. Even if she could logically understand the reasoning behind the words, that didn’t make accepting them any easier: “Whatever. I’ve got more important things to worry about” she muttered with a shrug. With a hardened expression and a tense jaw, she turned away, determined to leave, as if ignoring the conversation were the only way to keep control of her thoughts.
However, just moments before she could walk away completely, the anomaly’s voice echoed once more, clear and resonant enough to cut through the space and freeze her in place. Emily’s body stiffened, muscles locked, as the words rang out with unsettling calm: “Are you sure?” There was a brief, almost calculated pause before the voice continued, laced with subtle irony: “I thought you humans valued family members above all else”
The words made Emily turn back toward the anomaly, which merely curled its lips into a sly smile, wearing a playful, amused expression.
In the next instant, Emily shifted her gaze to the other figure, a presence that reminded her... reminded her so much of her sister that she had to fight herself to think otherwise.
Noticing Emily’s fixed stare, the figure, who until then had seemed distracted, gazing into nothing as if lost in thought, slowly turned toward her.
They stared at each other in silence for a few seconds, the air thick with a strange familiarity. Then the figure smiled softly and raised her hand, giving a small wave, both friendly and provocative at once, as if testing Emily’s reaction.
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Chapter List

Chapter 1 – First Contact [1]
Chapter 2 – First Contact [2]
Chapter 3 – First Contact [3]
Announcement!
Chapter 4 – First Contact [4]
Chapter 5 – First Contact [5]
Chapter 6 – First Contact [6]
Chapter 7 – Outbreak [1]
Chapter 8 – Outbreak [2]
Chapter 9 – Outbreak [3]
Chapter 10 – Outbreak [4]
Chapter 11 – Outbreak [5]
Chapter 12 – Outbreak [6]
Chapter 13 – Adaptation period [1]
Chapter 14 – Adaptation period [2]
Chapter 15 – Adaptation period [3]
Chapter 16 – Adaptation period [4]
Chapter 17 – Adaptation period [5]
Chapter 18 – Threat from the shadows [1]
Chapter 19 – Threat from the shadows [2]
Chapter 20 – Threat from the shadows [3]
Chapter 21 – Threat from the shadows [4]
Chapter 22 – Threat from the shadows [5]
Chapter 23 – Threat from the shadows [6]
Chapter 24 – Threat from the shadows [7]
Chapter 25 – The director’s visit [1]
Chapter 26 – The director’s visit [2]
Chapter 27 – The director’s visit [3]
Chapter 28 – The director’s visit [4]
Chapter 29 – The director’s visit [5]
Chapter 30 – The director’s visit [6]
Chapter 31 – Conducting experiments [1]
Chapter 32 – Conducting experiments [2]
Chapter 33 – Conducting experiments [3]
Chapter 34 – Conducting experiments [4]
Chapter 35 – Conducting experiments [5]
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Chapter 36 – Conducting experiments [6]
Chapter 37 – Conducting experiments [7]
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Chapter 38 – Conducting experiments [8]
Chapter 39 – Conducting experiments [9]
Chapter 40 – Conducting experiments [10]
Chapter 41 – Black Lake [1]
Chapter 42 – Black Lake [2]
Chapter 43 – Black Lake [3]
Chapter 44 – Black Lake [4]
Chapter 45 – Black Lake [5]
Chapter 46 – Black Lake [6]
Chapter 47 – Black Lake [7]
Chapter 48 – Black Lake [8]
Chapter 49 – Black Lake [9]
Chapter 50 – Black Lake [10]
Chapter 51 – Black Lake [11]
Creation of the Discord server
Chapter 52 – Black Lake [12]
Chapter 53 – Black Lake [13]
Chapter 54 – Black Lake [14]
Chapter 55 – Black Lake [15]
Chapter 56 – Black Lake [16]
Chapter 57 – Black Lake [17]
Chapter 58 – Black Lake [18]
Chapter 59 – The call [1]
Chapter 60 – The call [2]
Chapter 61 – The call [3]
Chapter 62 – The call [4]
Chapter 63 – The call [5]
Chapter 64 – The call [6]
Chapter 65 – The call [7]
Chapter 66 – The call [8]
Chapter 67 – The call [9]
Chapter 68 – The call [10]
Chapter 69 – The call [11]
Chapter 70 – The call [12]
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Chapter 71 – The call [13]
Chapter 72 – The call [14]
Chapter 73 – The call [15]
Chapter 74 – The call [16]
Chapter 75 – The call [17]
Chapter 76 – The call [18]
Chapter 77 – The call [19]
Chapter 78 – The call [20]
Chapter 79 – The call [21]
Chapter 80 – The call [22]
Chapter 81 – The call [23]
Chapter 82 – The call [24]
Chapter 83 – The call [25]
Chapter 84 – The call [26]
Chapter 85 – Storm [1]
Chapter 86 – Storm [2]
Chapter 87 – Storm [3]
Chapter 88 – Storm [4]
Chapter 89 – Storm [5]
Chapter 90 – Storm [6]
Chapter 91 – Storm [7]
Chapter 92 – Storm [8]
Chapter 93 – Storm [9]
Chapter 94 – Storm [10]
Chapter 95 – Storm [11]
Chapter 96 – Storm [12]
Chapter 97 – Storm [13]
Chapter 98 – Storm [14]
Chapter 99 – Storm [15]
Chapter 100 – Storm [16]
Chapter 101 – Storm [17]
Chapter 102 – Storm [18]
Chapter 103 – Storm [19]
Chapter 104 – Interludio – A little chat
Chapter 105 – Something called Life [1]
Chapter 106 – Something called Life [2]
Chapter 107 – Something called Life [3]
Chapter 108 – Something called Life [4]
Chapter 109 – Something called Life [5]
Chapter 110 – Something called Life [6]
Chapter 111 – Something called Life [7]
Chapter 112 – Something called Life [8]
Chapter 113 – Something called Life [9]
Chapter 114 – Something called Life [10]
Chapter 115 – Something called Life [11]
Chapter 116 – Something called Life [12]
Chapter 117 – Something called Life [13]
Chapter 118 – Something called Life [14]
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Chapter 119 – Something called Life [15]
Chapter 120 – Something called Life [16]
Chapter 121 – Something called Life [17]
Chapter 122 – Something called Life [18]
Chapter 123 – Something called Life [19]
Chapter 124 – Something called Life [20]
Chapter 125 – Something called Life [21]
Chapter 126 – Something called Life [22]
Chapter 127 – Something called Life [23]
Chapter 128 – Something called Life [24]
Chapter 129 – Something called Life [25]
Chapter 130 – Something called Life [26]
Chapter 131 – Something called Life [27]
Chapter 132 – Something called Life [28]
Chapter 133 – Something called Life [29]
Chapter 134 – Something called Life [30]
Chapter 135 – interlude – Hidden intentions
Chapter 136 – Inside the mist [1]
Chapter 137 – Inside the mist [2]
Chapter 138 – Inside the mist [3]
Chapter 139 – Inside the mist [4]
Chapter 140 – Inside the mist [5]
Chapter 141 – Inside the mist [6]
Chapter 142 – Inside the mist [7]
Chapter 143 – Inside the mist [8]
Chapter 144 – Inside the mist [9]
Chapter 145 – Inside the mist [10]
Chapter 146 – Inside the mist [11]
Chapter 147 – Inside the mist [12]
Chapter 148 – Inside the mist [13]
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Chapter 149 – Inside the mist [14]
Chapter 150 – Inside the mist [15]
Chapter 151 – Inside the mist [16]
Chapter 152 – Inside the mist [17]
Chapter 153 – Inside the mist [18]
Chapter 154 – Inside the mist [19]
Chapter 155 – Inside the mist [20]
Chapter 156 – Inside the mist [21]
Chapter 157 – Inside the mist [22]
Chapter 158 – Inside the mist [23]
Chapter 159 – Inside the mist [24]
Chapter 160 – When logic escapes [1]
Chapter 161 – When logic escapes [2]
Chapter 162 – When logic escapes [3]
Chapter 163 – When logic escapes [4]
Chapter 164 – When logic escapes [5]
Chapter 165 – When logic escapes [6]
Chapter 166 – When logic escapes [7]
Chapter 167 – When logic escapes [8]
Chapter 168 – When logic escapes [9]
Chapter 169 – When logic escapes [10]
Chapter 170 – When logic escapes [11]
Chapter 171 – When logic escapes [12]
Chapter 172 – When logic escapes [13]
Chapter 173 – When logic escapes [14]
Chapter 174 – When logic escapes [15]
Chapter 175 – When logic escapes [16]
Chapter 176 – When logic escapes [17]
Chapter 177 – When logic escapes [18]
Chapter 178 – When logic escapes [19]
Chapter 179 – When logic escapes [20]
Chapter 180 – When logic escapes [21]
Chapter 181 – The Burden of Remembering [1]
Chapter 182 – The Burden of Remembering [2]
Chapter 183 – The Burden of Remembering [3]
Chapter 184 – The Burden of Remembering [4]
Chapter 185 – The Burden of Remembering [5]
Chapter 186 – The Burden of Remembering [6]
Chapter 187 – The Burden of Remembering [7]
Chapter 188 – The Burden of Remembering [8]
Chapter 189 – The Burden of Remembering [9]
Chapter 190 – The Burden of Remembering [10]
Chapter 191 – The Burden of Remembering [11]
Chapter 192 – The Burden of Remembering [12]
Chapter 193 – The Burden of Remembering [13]
Chapter 194 – The Burden of Remembering [14]
Chapter 195 – The Burden of Remembering [15]
Chapter 196 – The Burden of Remembering [16]
Chapter 197 – The Burden of Remembering [17]
Chapter 198 – The Burden of Remembering [18]
Chapter 199 – The Burden of Remembering [19]
Chapter 200 – The Burden of Remembering [20]
Chapter 201 – The Burden of Remembering [21]
Chapter 202 – The Burden of Remembering [22]
Chapter 203 – The Burden of Remembering [23]
Chapter 204 – The Burden of Remembering [24]
Chapter 205 – The Burden of Remembering [25]
Chapter 206 – The Burden of Remembering [26]
Chapter 207 – The Burden of Remembering [27]
Chapter 208 – The Burden of Remembering [28]
Chapter 209 – The Burden of Remembering [29]
Chapter 210 – The Burden of Remembering [30]
Chapter 211 – The Burden of Remembering [31]
Chapter 212 – The Burden of Remembering [32]
Chapter 213 – The Burden of Remembering [33]
Chapter 214 – The Burden of Remembering [34]
Chapter 215 – The Burden of Remembering [35]
Chapter 216 – The Burden of Remembering [36]
Chapter 217 – The Burden of Remembering [37]
Chapter 218 – The Burden of Remembering [38]
Chapter 219 – The entity of pride [1]
Chapter 220 – The entity of pride [2]
Chapter 221 – The entity of pride [3]
Chapter 222 – The entity of pride [4]
Chapter 223 – The entity of pride [5]
Chapter 224 – The entity of pride [6]
Chapter 225 – The entity of pride [7]
Chapter 226 – The entity of pride [8]
Chapter 227 – The entity of pride [9]
Chapter 228 – The entity of pride [10]
Chapter 229 – The entity of pride [11]
Chapter 230 – The entity of pride [12]
Chapter 231 – The entity of pride [13]
Chapter 232 – The entity of pride [14]
Chapter 233 – The entity of pride [15]
Chapter 234 – The entity of pride [16]
Chapter 235 – The entity of pride [17]
Chapter 236 – The entity of pride [18]
Chapter 237 – The entity of pride [19]
Chapter 238 – The entity of pride [20]
Chapter 239 – The entity of pride [21]
Chapter 240 – The entity of pride [22]
Chapter 241 – The entity of pride [23]
Chapter 242 – The entity of pride [24]
Chapter 243 – The entity of pride [25]
Chapter 244 – Timeless State [1]
Chapter 245 – Timeless State [2]
Chapter 246 – Timeless State [3]
Chapter 247 – Timeless State [4]
Chapter 248 – Timeless State [5]
Chapter 249 – Timeless State [6]
Chapter 250 – Timeless State [7]
Chapter 251 – Timeless State [8]
Chapter 252 – Timeless State [9]
Chapter 253 – Timeless State [10]
Chapter 254 – Timeless State [11]
Chapter 255 – Timeless State [12]
Chapter 256 – Timeless State [13]
Chapter 257 – Timeless State [14]
Chapter 258 – Timeless State [15]
Chapter 259 – Timeless State [16]
Chapter 260 – Timeless State [17]
Chapter 261 – Timeless State [18]
Chapter 262 – Timeless State [19]
Chapter 263 – Timeless State [20]
Chapter 264 – Timeless State [21]
Chapter 265 – Timeless State [22]
Chapter 266 – Timeless State [23]
Chapter 267 – Timeless State [24]
Chapter 268 – Timeless State [25]
Chapter 269 – Timeless State [26]
Chapter 270 – Timeless State [27]
Chapter 271 – Timeless State [28]
Chapter 272 – Timeless State [29]
Chapter 273 – Timeless State [30]
Chapter 274 – Timeless State [31]
Chapter 275 – Timeless State [32]
Chapter 276 – Timeless State [33]
Chapter 277 – Timeless State [34]
Chapter 278 – Timeless State [35]
Chapter 279 – Timeless State [36]
Chapter 280 – Timeless State [37]
Chapter 281 – Timeless State [38]
Chapter 282 – Timeless State [39]
Chapter 283 – The Primordial Fear [1]
Chapter 284 – The Primordial Fear [2]
Chapter 285 – The Primordial Fear [3]
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Chapter 286 – The Primordial Fear [4]
Chapter 287 – The Primordial Fear [5]
Chapter 288 – The Primordial Fear [6]
Chapter 289 – The Primordial Fear [7]
Chapter 290 – The Primordial Fear [8]
Chapter 291 – The Primordial Fear [9]
Chapter 292 – The Primordial Fear [10]
Chapter 293 – The Primordial Fear [11]
Chapter 294 – The Primordial Fear [12]
Chapter 295 – The Primordial Fear [13]
Chapter 296 – The Primordial Fear [14]
Chapter 297 – The Primordial Fear [15]
Chapter 298 – The Primordial Fear [16]
Chapter 299 – The Primordial Fear [17]
Chapter 300 – The Primordial Fear [18]
Chapter 301 – The Primordial Fear [19]
Chapter 302 – The Primordial Fear [20]
Chapter 303 – The Primordial Fear [21]
Chapter 304 – The Primordial Fear [22]
Chapter 305 – The Primordial Fear [23]
Chapter 306 – The Primordial Fear [24]
Chapter 307 – The Primordial Fear [25]
Chapter 308 – The Primordial Fear [26]
Chapter 309 – The Primordial Fear [27]
Chapter 310 – The Primordial Fear [28]
Chapter 311 – The Primordial Fear [29]
Chapter 312 – The Primordial Fear [30]
Chapter 313 – The Primordial Fear [31]
Chapter 314 – The Primordial Fear [32]
Chapter 315 – The Primordial Fear [33]
Chapter 316 – The Primordial Fear [34]
Chapter 317 – The Primordial Fear [35]
Chapter 318 – The Primordial Fear [36]
Chapter 319 – The Primordial Fear [37]
Chapter 320 – The Primordial Fear [38]
Chapter 321 – The Primordial Fear [39]
Chapter 322 – The Primordial Fear [40]
Chapter 323 – The Primordial Fear [41]
Chapter 324 – The Primordial Fear [42]
Chapter 325 – The Primordial Fear [43]
Chapter 326 – The Primordial Fear [44]
Chapter 327 – The Primordial Fear [45]
Chapter 328 – The Primordial Fear [46]
Chapter 329 – The Primordial Fear [47]
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