Chapter 2811: Story 2812: The Door Beyond the World

The explosion threw Ryan against a broken laboratory wall.

Dust filled the air. Emergency alarms screamed as burning cables fell from the ceiling. Zara crawled toward him, dragging her injured leg.

“Ryan! Are you alive?”

He struggled to stand. “I’m fine. Where’s Adam?”

A deep laugh came from the darkness.

Adam emerged through the smoke, his monstrous body covered in golden cracks. His black tail dragged across the floor, leaving burning marks behind.

“Still trying to save everyone, brother?”

Ryan raised his glowing hand. “Tell me what you meant. Why are you the lock?”

Adam smiled.

“Because Father didn’t create two sons to protect humanity. He created one key and one prison.”

Before Ryan could respond, the enormous metallic door began opening.

Six circular symbols illuminated one after another.

Meher’s voice burst through the radio.

“Ryan! Listen carefully! The seventh lock must remain closed. The organism behind that door existed before humanity. If it enters our world, nothing will survive!”

Ryan stared at the tiny hand emerging from the golden core.

“Then why is it calling me?”

“Because your body contains the original signal,” Meher answered. “You can open the door, but you can also seal it.”

Suddenly, Adam attacked.

His tail struck Ryan and sent him crashing into a control panel. Zara fired several rounds, but the bullets disappeared inside Adam’s black skin.

Adam turned toward her.

“Stay away from my brother!”

He lunged.

Ryan threw out his hand. A golden barrier appeared between them, stopping Adam inches from Zara’s face.

For a moment, Adam looked confused.

Then his monstrous expression changed.

“Ryan… help me.”

His human eye filled with tears.

“It’s inside me. Father put something in my body before we were born.”

Ryan lowered his hand.

“What did he do to you?”

Adam pointed toward the metallic door.

“He made me the prison for the thing waiting outside. But the prison is breaking.”

A tremendous roar shook the facility.

The seventh symbol began glowing.

Hamza grabbed Ryan’s shoulder. “We have to destroy the control system!”

Meher shouted through the radio, “No! Destroying it will release everything!”

Suddenly, the golden core exploded.

A human figure stepped out of the light. It looked exactly like Ryan, but its eyes were completely white.

Zara stepped backward.

“Ryan… who is that?”

The figure smiled.

“I am the first Ryan.”

Hamza dropped his weapon.

“That’s impossible.”

The stranger looked at Adam, then at the seventh lock.

“Father made a mistake,” he whispered. “He imprisoned the wrong son.”

Ryan felt the golden symbol on his chest split open.

The seventh lock clicked.

And from beyond the door, something enormous began knocking.