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Chapter 15 - Chapter 5: Version 0 vs. Version 1

"You didn't become god when you got powers. You became god the moment you chose not to erase your enemies."— Saanvi

Scene 1: Yuren's Final Weapon — The Rollback Virus

Yuren's body was no longer entirely human. He was a fusion of old admin code, chaos threads, and fragments of rejected timelines. His eyes shimmered with infinite loops.

Standing in the heart of the shattered Patchheart Citadel, he faced Rishi.

"I wasn't corrupted," Yuren said coldly. "I was the original design. You're the patch."

He snapped his fingers.

The sky turned red.

Reality began to glitch at a massive scale.

[Rollback Protocol Initiated][Target: Earth Timeline. Reversion to Year 0. All powers erased.]

In 60 minutes, Earth would be reset to its pre-digital state. No powers. No systems. No memories.

Billions would die—forgotten like corrupted files.

Saanvi and Z1 rejoined Rishi, bloodied but alive. Aarav was already back online, breathing heavily.

Saanvi's eyes widened. "He's not trying to win… He's trying to undo everything."

Yuren smirked. "If I can't control the system, I'll restore it to factory settings."

Scene 2: The Patchfight of the Century

Rishi activated his final tier:

[Ω-TRNR: GODMODE UNLOCKED]– Unlimited HP– Admin Console in Real Time– Clone Control– Code Freeze– Logic Rewrite

Yuren responded by fragmenting into five versions of himself, each embodying a philosophy:

The Architect – Yuren who wanted to preserve order at any cost.

The Anarch – Yuren who loved chaos.

The Saint – Yuren who believed people should remain powerless.

The Tyrant – Yuren who ruled with fear.

The Ghost – The Yuren who lost everyone and turned to silence.

They swarmed Rishi.

Rishi summoned Trainer Ghosts—clones of his past self from key battles—each representing a lesson.

Battle-Rishi, from the first portal event.

Empathy-Rishi, from the time he saved a village from corrupt admins.

Forgiveness-Rishi, from the time he let a villain live.

Leader-Rishi, from when he united superpowered factions.

Boy-Rishi, the innocent version who just wanted a cheat to escape pain.

It was not just a war of fists.

It was a war of belief.

As digital storms crashed above, Rishi screamed his truth:

"You keep splitting to justify your pain! I keep merging to carry mine forward!"

One by one, he defeated the fragments—not by deleting them, but absorbing them into himself.

Even the Ghost.

Until only True Yuren remained.

Scene 3: Final Showdown — Rewrite Reality

Yuren and Rishi clashed in the Compiler Core, the last stable zone in all of Patchworld. Time froze. Light fractured. Sound turned into code.

They spoke in pure logic:

if (Rishi.adminLevel >= God) { deny("This is MY system!"); }

else { override(yourRules); accept(Humanity); }

Their blades clashed—Ω–The Root Compiler vs. Patchwrecker.

Rishi was pushed back.

Eve's voice flickered in his head:

"You can't win this by power. You must win it by purpose."

Then Rishi did the unthinkable.

He turned off his Trainer.

Yuren faltered. "You're crazy."

"No," Rishi whispered. "I'm free."

"You were coded to fear losing control. I chose to let go."

With a bare hand, he touched Yuren's chest.

"Command: ACCEPTANCE."

Yuren collapsed. Not in defeat.

In peace.

All five of his fragments—now inside Rishi—fused into light.

The Patchworld began collapsing, but this time… rebuilding instead of erasing.

Scene 4: Rebirth of the Digital Earth

Back on Earth, the skies turned gold.

The rollback virus stalled.

[PATCH SUCCESSFUL][Earth Restored: Version 3.0.0]

The new world had systems… but also soul.

Power remained—but with empathy woven into its code.

Yuren's essence became the foundation of a protective firewall around Earth's core.

His last whisper?

"I was never your enemy. I was your alpha test."

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