MARGE: FROM DUNGEON TO MURIM

  Chapter 2: The Capsule Chamber

  Kairos Vale locked the door.

  Three layers of soundproofing were engaged.

  The lights dimmed.

  Only the hum of machines filled the underground room.

  At the center stood a metallic pod—tall enough for a single person to stand inside. Transparent glass curved around it, engraved with countless microscopic circuits.

  This was not technology meant for normal humans.

  This was built for him.

  Kairos placed his hand on the activation panel.

  "Capsule Chamber," he murmured. "Initialize."

  The system responded instantly.

  NEURAL LINK ESTABLISHED

  SUPER COMPUTATION MODE — ACTIVE

  The glass slid shut.

  For a brief moment, Kairos felt weightless.

  Then—

  Reality dissolved.

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  There was no pain.

  No dizziness.

  Only expansion.

  His consciousness spread outward, faster than light, faster than data transmission itself.

  Firewalls appeared before him.

  Corporate-level encryption.

  Military-grade security.

  Kairos didn't break them.

  He stepped past them.

  As if they didn't exist.

  "This feeling…" Kairos whispered. "So this is full synchronization."

  The internet was no longer a network.

  It was a space.

  And Kairos was walking through it.

  His destination was clear.

  High Tech Corporation.

  Layer by layer, he descended through restricted databases—black projects, sealed research files, classified experiments.

  Then he saw a familiar name.

  Dr. Elena Vale.

  Dr. Aron Vale.

  His parents.

  Kairos stopped.

  The data opened on its own.

  His breath slowed as research logs unfolded before him.

  Dungeon sealing theories.

  Energy suppression models.

  Spatial lock equations.

  "…You weren't chasing profit," he said quietly.

  His parents had been trying to end dungeons.

  Permanently.

  But every report ended the same way.

  RESULT: FAILURE

  The final entry froze his eyes.

  "Boss existence is mandatory for dungeon closure."

  "Without eliminating the core entity, sealing is impossible."

  Kairos clenched his fist.

  "So that's why you were silenced…"

  But the files didn't end there.

  Another folder appeared—created after their deaths.

  Project continuation.

  Codename:

  DG KEY

  Kairos' eyes narrowed.

  The research had been repurposed.

  Weaponized.

  He scrolled deeper.

  Boss compression technology.

  Dungeon energy storage.

  Controlled reopening protocols.

  A cold smile formed on his face.

  "So you failed to seal dungeons…"

  "…and decided to own them instead."

  Inside the capsule, Kairos opened his eyes.

  The system voice echoed softly.

  DATA ACQUISITION COMPLETE

  He stepped out.

  High Tech had built an empire on his parents' unfinished dream.

  Kairos looked at the capsule chamber.

  "Good," he said calmly.

  "Now I know where to start."

  -End of Chapter 2-