Chapter 11: Chapter 11 Liberty Bell's Toll
The Liberty Bell's bronze resonance cut through Philadelphia's storm. Lin Yun stood before its famed crack, galaxy patterns on his palms syncing with the Declaration inscription. Three days prior, the iconic bell began autonomous tolling, its waves regressing technology to 1776's steam era.
"Energy signature matches Yellowstone's eruption!" The warden's hologram flickered in oil lamp light. "The tolls are rewriting history—Franklin's portrait came alive at City Hall!"
Touching the crack, Lin's retina projected holographic archives: On July 4, 1776, Washington and Hancock dipped quills not in ink, but liquid psychic energy refined from Indigenous skulls. When the Declaration parchment drank its fill, the first toll shattered British warships' keels—and three anti-slavery signers' hearts.
[Detected Chrono-Revision Field]
[Chaos Devourer Emergency Protocol: Primordial Liberty Flame]
The bell tolled again, Lin's hazmat suit rusting to dust. Wax-like colonial citizens stirred in storefronts, their musket firing not lead balls but compressed Stamp Act clauses.
"Welcome to the Second Revolution." A tricorne-hatted Franklin emerged from rain, his kite string actually high-voltage cables. Tesla coil eagles circled thunderheads. "This time, we liberate America from algorithmic tyranny."
Dodging legal projectiles, Lin's Melting Pot skin glowed with Federalist Papers text. Grabbing Franklin's cable, gas lamps exploded as 1776 and 2025 Philadelphias overlapped.
[Chrono-Rift 89%]
[Suggested Devour: Historical Anchor Entity]
Franklin's wooden teeth split open, revealing blockchain gears: "You think liberty's divine right? The Founders' source code—" His ribs opened like trapdoors, exposing enslaved psychics powering reactors. "—fueled by eight million African souls!"
Transcontinental railroad phantoms materialized on Lin's back. Stellar Assimilation clashed with chrono-waves. Severing cables, enslaved spirits surged through his system. The Bell's bronze surface crawled with Emancipation amendments.
"Time for an update." Lin lea