Episode 6 – The Phantom City: Lumora
It started with a broadcast.
No channel could block it. No firewall could stop it.
Just a message… simple and direct.
> "A city of truth. A city of power. A city beyond fear.
Come to Lumora. Your new beginning awaits."
Then… a flash map.
A floating city orbiting between Earth and Mars.
Massive. Glowing. Thrumming with energy unseen before.
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The Girl Who Speaks for a Ghost
She stood at the gates of Lumora, as the first shuttles arrived.
Her name was Selene Virell. Young, brilliant, fearless.
Chosen personally by him.
To the world, Selene is the Founder of Lumora, the CEO of ECLIPSE Corporation, the mastermind behind every weapon, law, tech, and energy supply.
But deep inside…
> She answers to the ghost no one has seen.
And she protects his name like a religion.
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Lumora's Rise
This city wasn't built—it was calculated by Aarav's system.
Buildings made of adaptive smart-metal that changed shape and purpose.
Roads powered by anti-grav flow.
A forcefield dome that could withstand star blasts.
Army units: Sentinels, emotionless AI soldiers with loyalty code locked to one name—ECLIPSE.
Every citizen signed a pact:
> No crime. No corruption. No drugs. No violence.
Break the rule… disappear.
Inside Lumora, everything was free—but order was law.
And those who entered could never go back to their old lives.
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Enemies React
Empires were furious.
> "Who funds this city?"
"Where do they get this tech?"
"Who is really behind Selene?"
But no one dared to attack.
Why?
Because Lumora had already:
Stabilized 10 broken colonies
Shut down 5 energy crises with new reactors
Cured diseases empires ignored
And every ship that threatened Lumora?
> Was disabled mid-flight by a mysterious pulse.
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Behind the Curtain
In a dark chamber deep beneath Lumora, only Selene entered.
A massive glowing stone—the First One's Core—floated in the center.
Aarav's voice came from nowhere:
> "Good job, Selene.
Next… we take over the food supply chain of the solar system."
Selene bowed.
> "As you command, Ghost God."
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