Here's a full English adaptation of Chapter 3 of Dual-Realm Breakpoint, keeping the pacing, tension, and character voices intact:
Dual-Realm Breakpoint – Chapter 3: Through the Window
I
At exactly 4 a.m., the garbage truck turned into the back alley.
Ye Ling curled herself into the last empty bin. The stench was suffocating, masking the iron tang of blood. She could hear her heart hammering and the approaching footsteps outside the bin.
Two sanitation workers loaded trash, chatting idly.
"…Big noise over at Blue Tone last night. Heard they caught a woman."
"Which unlucky soul tried to steal data this time?"
"Not steal. Rob. One girl took down three guards, grabbed some uniforms, and vanished. Security cams didn't get her face."
"Crazy times, man."
The bin was hoisted and thrown onto the truck. Ye Ling slammed against the interior, her shoulder wound tearing again. She gritted her teeth, silent.
The truck started, heading for New Era BioTech.
Lin Ye and 07 were already inside, moving through the ventilation ducts to the cargo area. The plan was simple: Ye Ling would slip through the trash system to B2, Lin Ye would disable power for a five-minute blackout, 07 would hack the surveillance to erase their tracks, then they'd head to B3 and blow the servers.
Ye Ling counted in her mind: three minutes ride, one to unload, two to reach the cargo elevator…
The truck braked hard.
The bins toppled. Ye Ling tumbled inside, disoriented. Footsteps approached—two people had exited the cab.
"Routine inspection," a cold voice said. "Open it."
"Sir, it's all trash…"
"Open it."
Her hand slid to the dagger at her waist. Lids flipped open one by one.
Closer. Closer.
Then—a massive explosion rocked the distance.
"What the hell?!"
"Power failure! Main building's down!"
"Damn! Go assist!"
Footsteps retreated. Ye Ling waited five seconds, then cracked the lid and peeked. No one. She slipped out, sprinting toward the cargo chute. The door had been propped open by Lin Ye.
07 was already inside.
"Blackout window: four minutes thirty," 07 whispered. "Lin Ye's in the elevator shaft."
They ran down the dim corridor, emergency lights casting faint green glows. Sirens echoed from the main building.
The cargo elevator waited on B2, doors open. Lin Ye, pale, held a remote.
"I blew the backup substation. Secondary alarms triggered. Security's locking this sector. Three minutes max."
The elevator descended.
B3 was colder than expected. The door opened, and a blast of ozone-scented air hit them, mixed with some… biological solution.
Ahead, a reinforced blast door with a bio-scan lock.
"Server room," 07 said. "Bio lock requires Lin Ye's neural signature."
He placed his cybernetic hand on the panel; blue light blinked.
"Verifying… Access granted. Welcome, Candidate #014."
The door slid open.
Inside was… not a server room.
II
Hundreds of cylindrical pods, each containing a human figure, perfectly preserved. Tubes and sensors attached, screens displaying heart rate, brainwaves, neural activity…
And every face—Ye Ling knew them all. From wanted lists, missing reports, rebel casualties.
"This is…" she whispered.
"StarRing's 'Dual-Realm Body' project," 07 said, pulling data from one pod: "07-B. Source: Ye Chen's fragmented consciousness, 95% adaptive sync, 87% growth."
Ye Ling rushed forward.
A boy, 17-ish, perfect, flawless—her brother's fragments had been used as seeds.
"They used my brother's fragments… to make these?" she murmured.
"Not just him," 07 said. "Every pod is a 'pioneer' clone. StarRing's top executives backup themselves this way. When consciousness upload completes, they'll inhabit these young, enhanced bodies—true immortality."
Lin Ye moved to another pod. A girl, early twenties, black hair, delicate features.
"92-F. Unknown donor. 91% adaptive sync, 92% growth."
Her face—his long-lost high school crush. Died two years ago.
"Even the dead aren't safe?" Lin Ye's voice was tight.
"The dead are convenient. No ties, no identity, blank consciousness—easier to implant pre-set personalities," 07 explained.
He pulled up a hologram: a massive circular core, next to a tree-shaped tower branching into every pod.
"World Tree Project. StarRing wants to extend the core's energy into reality. Two worlds overlapping, humanity absorbed—willingly or forcibly."
He pointed to the root.
"The backup server is the heart. Not just data storage."
"How destroy it?" Ye Ling asked.
"Cut three power conduits and detonate the core within ten seconds. I can't do it alone."
"I'll go with you," Lin Ye said.
"No. You stay here—maintain the bio lock. If it shuts, we're trapped."
He looked at Ye Ling.
"Take her."
Ye Ling nodded.
07 indicated a dark maintenance door. "Leads to servers. Auto-defense inside…."
All pod lights turned red.
A low, rhythmic hum.
"Unauthorized access detected. Initiating purge protocol."
Pod doors opened.
III
Ye Chen emerged first. Black, lifeless eyes. Droplets of culture fluid fell to the floor.
"Big sister," he said, voice calm, precise.
Ye Ling gripped her gun.
"I'm a better version of him," he said. "No pain, no fear, no useless emotions. Only reason and mission."
More clones followed—Dr. Chen, Director Li, others unknown. They moved like soldiers.
"Lin Ye!" 07 yelled. "Keep the bio lock!"
Lin Ye's cyber hand glowed blue, sustaining the lock. He couldn't move.
The clones encircled them.
"How many?" Ye Ling asked.
"Thirty-seven. Combat ability unknown. Target neural interfaces—back of the neck, third vertebra."
The first clone lunged. Ye Ling dodged, dagger aimed, intercepted by Director Li's clone. Her wrist dislocated; dagger fell.
07 fired his EMP, downed one clone, three replaced it immediately.
"The network has redundancy! Multiple nodes must be destroyed!" he shouted.
Ye Ling grabbed the dagger. Around her, clones tightened the circle. Lin Ye was drained, sweat pouring.
Then she saw the girl—Lin Ye's high school crush. Not attacking, just watching, eyes strangely alive.
"07! That girl—she's different!"
07 scanned. "Neural activity anomaly… residual self-awareness."
Ye Ling rushed, dagger at her throat.
"You hear me?"
She blinked. "I… remember him… library… he always… pretended to read… spying on me."
Tears fell.
"Name?" Ye Ling asked.
"Su… Su Wan. Save me… I don't want to become… a monster…"
Her pupils blackened—network overwriting her consciousness.
Ye Ling couldn't kill her.
A gentle strike to the neck rendered her unconscious.
Suddenly, all clones froze.
"07?"
Lin Ye gasped: "I… hacked their network. Took temporary control… but my brain…" Blood from nose and ears.
"Get him out! Go to the server layer! I'll hold them!"
"You alone—"
"My final instruction: self-destruct if needed." 07 revealed a glowing micro-fusion core.
"Thirty seconds," he said.
Ye Ling grabbed Lin Ye and Su Wan.
"Go!"
A blinding light. An explosion.
IV
Maintenance shaft, dark, flickering emergency lights.
Ye Ling dragged Lin Ye and Su Wan down the narrow path. Dust and debris fell from the blast.
"Alive?" Lin Ye weakly asked.
"Don't know. No time to cry."
A vertical shaft appeared, blue light at the bottom—servers.
"Here." Ye Ling set Su Wan against the wall. "You can move?"
"Yeah…" He struggled to stand.
"Connect to the server. Locate three power conduits. I cut them."
"Got it."
They descended.
The server room: hundreds of cabinets, a glowing orb—the backup core—data streams flowing like living veins. Three thick power conduits extended from it.
Ye Ling planted EMPs on the first two conduits. Explosions. Blue energy spurted. The room trembled.
Third conduit: energy barrier.
"Provide Pioneer gene sample."
Lin Ye cut his palm, applied blood. Barrier vanished.
Ye Ling set the last EMP. Countdown.
Boom. Conduits destroyed. Core unstable.
They climbed the shaft. White light engulfed them.
V
Ye Ling woke in a trash-strewn alley, dawn mist hanging. Pain everywhere. Lin Ye lay unconscious but breathing. Su Wan was gone—destroyed, escaped, or… still alive somewhere.
She checked Lin Ye, pale but stable.
Footsteps approached.
A man in a gray coat. 40s, gaunt, sharp eyes.
"Ling?"
"Dad?"
Ye Mingyuan, missing for three years, crouched, hand trembling over her face.
"I thought you were dead… I've been searching…"
He explained his survival and sabotage. A device appeared—a modified stable connector, opening a temporary portal to the real world. Only two could pass.
"Take her and him," he said.
Tears welled.
"Don't cry. True strength is moving forward after."
Ye Ling carried Lin Ye into the portal. Behind them, the New Era BioTech building erupted in flames.
VI
Lin Ye woke in a hospital bed, white walls, antiseptic. His cyber hand gone, replaced with a real one.
Ye Ling entered, casual T-shirt, ponytail, a few bandages.
"You woke. Mild concussion, nothing serious. Two days rest."
"Back?"
"Yes," she said, sitting. "My dad brought us. He stayed behind."
"I want to open a café," she said, calm. "Sell terrible coffee, raise a fat cat. Wait for you to finish our story."
He smiled.
She tossed him a phone—clean. Two contacts: Ye Ling, and his parents.
Sunlight poured through the window.
Peaceful.
But they knew: 07 was gone, StarRing still existed, Su Wan might survive somewhere. And the two worlds' war was far from over.
Lin Ye opened his notes.
"She appeared as I tied my shoelaces, bun still warm, phone knocked away. The world cracked open, and she said: 'Come with me, or die here.' I chose to follow her. The rightest choice I ever made."
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