Chapter 38: The Threat Closes In
Jack watched the door close. Then turned to Sophia.
"He's testing you."
"I know." Sophia leaned back in her chair. "He wants to see if I can actually hold the line."
"Can you?"
Sophia looked at him. Two seconds of silence.
"Yes."
Jack nodded. Sat back down on the couch.
Sunlight streamed thr...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Dead Man Walking
2. Chapter 2: Power Plays
3. Chapter 3: Thirty Seconds
4. Chapter 4: The Price of Protection
5. Chapter 5: The Gift
6. Chapter 6: Breaking Point
7. Chapter 7: Resurrection
8. Chapter 8: Borrowed Time
9. Chapter 9: The Gala
10. Chapter 10: Power Play
11. Chapter 11: Leverage
12. Chapter 12: The Crash
13. Chapter 13: The Shareholder War
14. Chapter 14: Midnight Moves
15. Chapter 15: Hostile Takeover
16. Chapter 16: Blood and Steel
17. Chapter 17: The Counterstrike
18. Chapter 18: The Decoy
19. Chapter 19: Into the Rockies
20. Chapter 20: The Ambush
21. Chapter 21: Blood on the Mountain
22. Chapter 22: Hellfire
23. Chapter 23: Hellfire
24. Chapter 24: Frozen
25. Chapter 25: Thaw
26. Chapter 26: Descent
27. Chapter 27: The Offer
28. Chapter 28: Promises in the Dark
29. Chapter 29: Home
30. Chapter 30: Homecoming
31. Chapter 31: First Impressions
32. Chapter 32: The Seventh Casualty
33. Chapter 33: The Storm Breaks
34. Chapter 34: The Trap Springs
35. Chapter 35: The Takeover
36. Chapter 36: Fifty Billion and Black Gold
37. Chapter 37: The Press Conference
38. Chapter 38: The Threat Closes In
39. Chapter 39: First Strike
40. Chapter 40: The Trap
41. Chapter 41: The Test
42. Chapter 42: The Bait
43. Chapter 44: The Ambush
44. Chapter 44: The Trap Closes
45. Chapter 45: Ghosts of the Past
46. Chapter 46 Decision
47. Chapter 47: The Hidden Lab
48. Chapter 48: The Breaking Point
49. Chapter 49: The Edge of Perfection
50. Chapter 50: The Aftermath
51. Chapter 51: The Peacock
52. Chapter 52: Twenty Seconds
53. Chapter 53: A Familiar Scene
54. Chapter 54 Mordecai Gray
55. Chapter 55: Hidden Threads
56. Chapter 56: Showing Your Hand
57. Chapter 57: Tomb
58. Chapter 58: Born Chef
59. Chapter 59: Eli's Excitement
60. Chapter 60: Reference Sequence
61. Chapter 61: Samuel's Invitation
62. Chapter 62: Signal Blackout
63. Chapter 63: Kidnapping May
64. Chapter 64: High-Explosive Rounds
65. Chapter 65: Lab Destruction
66. Chapter 66: One Against Forty
67. Chapter 67: Total Annihilation
68. Chapter 68: Saturday's Promise
69. Chapter 69: Bathtub
70. Chapter 70: Coffee
71. Chapter 71: The Safe
72. Chapter 72: Taking the Initiative
73. Chapter 73: Arthur’s Return
74. Chapter 74 Leah’s Intentions
75. Chapter 75: Chromosome No. 27
76. Chapter 76: One Hundred Percent
77. Chapter 77 Congressional Hearing
78. Chapter 78 The Secrets of the Tomb
79. Chapter 79 Evidence Destroyed
80. Chapter 80 Acting
81. Chapter 81 Tracking Mark
82. Chapter 82 Gray Seeks Help
83. Chapter 83 Dominique Vitelli.
84. Chapter 84 Brothers Return Home
85. Chapter 85: Shadow Brother
86. Chapter 86 Jack’s Conjecture
87. Chapter 87: True Intelligence
88. Chapter 88: Trial
89. Chapter 89: Genesis
90. Chapter 90: Bone Marrow
91. Chapter 91: New Life
92. Chapter 92 Family Banquet
93. Chapter 93: A Promise Under the Moonlight
94. Chapter 94: Sophia's tears
95. Chapter 95 Perfect Trap
96. Chapter 96: Escape from Capitol Hill
97. Chapter 97: Radio Silence
98. Chapter 98: Eli’s Backup Plan
99. Chapter 99: Nightowl Erin
100. Chapter 100: Marcus·Kane
101. Chapter 101: Codename Arbiter
102. Chapter 102: Full Throttle
103. Chapter 103: The List
104. Chapter 104: Thorne's Recruitment
105. Chapter 105: Academic Symposium
106. Chapter 106: Harris Brennan
107. Chapter 107: Bargaining
108. Chapter 108: Return to Campus
109. Chapter 109: Misdirection
110. Chapter 110: Three-Star Chef
111. Chapter 111: One Punch Man
112. Chapter 112: The Art of Explosion
113. Chapter 113: The Library's Hidden Line
114. Chapter 114: First Blood Draw
115. Chapter 115: Five Peaceful Days
116. Chapter 116 The Second Blood Draw
117. Chapter 117 Goodbye, Marcus
118. Chapter 118: War in the Shadows
119. Chapter 119: Campus Legends
120. Chapter 120 Erin’s Puzzle
121. Chapter 121 Kane’s Demand
122. Chapter 122: Brennan's Choice
123. Chapter 123: The First Injection
124. Chapter 124: Project God of War Launched
125. Chapter 125: Black Gold's Panic
126. Chapter 126: Ultimatum
127. Chapter 127: Operation Sweep
128. Chapter 128: Night of the Purge
129. Chapter 129: Black Gold Survivors
130. Chapter 131: Mojave Outpost
131. Chapter 131: Black Gold's Legacy
132. Chapter 132: Taking Gray as a Surname
133. Chapter 133: RE-1 Born
134. Chapter 134 Who Is the God of Death
135. Chapter 135: Congressional Sanctions
136. Chapter 136: Wanted Notice
137. Chapter 137: The Liquidator
138. Chapter 138 Lawrence’s Severed Arm
139. Chapter 139 Treatment and Rescue
140. Chapter 140 Zack’s Knot in the Heart
141. Chapter 141 May’s Comfort
142. Chapter 142 The Liquidators Close In
143. Chapter 143: Ambush Preparation
144. Chapter 144: Thunderbolt Suppression and Slaughter
145. Chapter 145: Take the Initiative and Strike First
146. Chapter 146 Night Shadows of Lion City
147. Chapter 147: Warden
148. Chapter 148: General
149. Chapter 149: The Road Back and the Thread
150. Chapter 150: Fog Shrouds the Golden Triangle
151. Chapter 151 Akira Severely Injured
152. Chapter 152: Fortress and Ghost
153. Chapter 153 Each Has Their Own Calculations
154. Chapter 154 Embrace
155. Chapter 155 RE-2
156. Chapter 156: Flaw of the God of War
157. Chapter 157: New Order
158. Chapter 158 Hell Week
159. Chapter 159 The Gate of Marcus
160. Chapter 160 May’s Loving Meal
161. Chapter 161 The Coordinates of the Tomb
162. Chapter 162: Evolutionary Stress Response
163. Chapter 163 The Foundation of the Tower of Babel
164. Chapter 164: Experiment and Explosion
165. Chapter 165 Zack’s Request
166. Chapter 166 Sophia’s Visit
167. Chapter 167: The Second Round of the Tower of Babel
168. Chapter 168: A Tactical Showdown
169. Chapter 169: The Reason to Live
170. Chapter 170 The Hidden Pipeline
171. Chapter 171 Lawrence’s Late Night
172. Chapter 172 Unconfirmed Direction
173. Chapter 173: The Third Phase of the Tomb
174. Chapter 174 Gene Resonance
175. Chapter 175 The Lock of the Investiture of the Gods List
176. Chapter 176: Atop the Tower of Babel
177. Chapter 177: Tomb’s Final Lesson
178. Chapter 178 The Last Supper
179. Chapter 179: Falling onto the Icefield
180. Chapter 180: The Only Key
181. Chapter 181 Zack Brings Up the Rear
182. Chapter 182 The Berserk Experimental Subject
183. Chapter 183 Global Trial
184. Chapter 184: The Funeral and the Final Resting Place
185. Chapter 185: Dark Blade Security Services
186. Chapter 186: The Rooftop Wedding
187. Chapter 187: Tomb’s Awakening
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