Prison Guard with Supernatural Abilities

Lin Yun stood on the Staten Island Ferry deck, his QR-coded left eye glinting eerily. The Statue of Liberty's patina was peeling away, revealing molten light beneath. Three hours ago, the symbol of immigration had come alive, its torch firing particle beams that vaporized Ellis Island's museum into quantum dust.

"Energy levels critical!" The warden's distorted voice crackled in his earpiece. "It's absorbing all metal—including our drones!"

Lin ripped his charred sleeve, revealing blockchain tattoos from Wall Street. As the ferry crashed into Liberty Island, he saw crimson oozing from the pedestal cracks—not oxidation, but centuries-old immigrant blood.

[Detected Civilizational Imprints]

[Chaos Devourer Evolution: Contact Primordial Gene Carrier]

The island quaked. Seven beams from the crown formed a colossal DNA helix in the sky, each node flashing historical echoes: 1845 Irish coffin ships, 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act burnings, 2024 quantum border walls...

"Welcome home, mongrel." A raspy female voice vibrated through Lin's neural interface in 1840s telegraph code. "You think Devouring is a curse? It's the Mayflower's gift to the New World."

Three phantoms materialized in the beams—

A Native shaman cloaked in stars and stripes, face carved with erased clan totems

An enslaved African woman with Underground Railroad fire codes in her pupils

A Chinese rail worker with a steam-powered prosthetic arm

"The First Devourers." Lin clutched his throbbing temple as the system loaded yellowed Declaration of Independence drafts. "Jefferson's deleted passage...gene experiment records?"

Laser beams from the statue's eyes sent Lin diving into the pedestal. The interior wasn't a tourist path but a Victorian brass labyrinth. Rusty pipes etched with German, Gaelic, and Cherokee led to a glass case holding half a parchment—the original Mayflower Compact.

"The pilgrims brought more than Bibles." The African phantom touched the case, her brand transforming into data streams. "Gene alchemy stolen from witch trials."

Alarms blared as Ap