▁present . ▁With ▁the ▁Cha os ▁closing ▁in ▁on ▁the ▁Kal pa , ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁( all ▁no öt ic ) ▁are ▁unable ▁to ▁vent ure ▁outside ▁the ▁city ▁walls . ▁Under ▁I sh an ax ade ' s ▁instructions , ▁they ▁create ▁" bre eds ", ▁copies ▁of ▁ancient ▁humans , ▁using ▁prim ord ial ▁matter . ▁They ▁send ▁them ▁in ▁groups ▁into ▁the ▁Cha os ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁if ▁N atar aja ▁still ▁stands , ▁but ▁none ▁return . ▁I sh an ax ade ▁herself ▁vent ures ▁out , ▁but ▁is ▁not ▁heard ▁from ▁again . ▁As ▁the ▁Ty phon ▁starts ▁bre aching ▁the ▁Kal pa , ▁the ▁last ▁batch ▁of ▁bre eds , ▁including ▁J eb rass y ▁and ▁Ta id ba , ▁leave ▁the ▁city ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁help . ▁Ar med ▁with ▁port able ▁reality ▁gener ators , ▁they ▁slowly ▁progress ▁through ▁the ▁un real ▁landscape ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁the ▁re bel ▁city . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁Cha os ▁has ▁reached ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day , ▁and ▁an ▁event ▁called ▁the ▁Term inus ▁hits ▁Seattle : ▁the ▁past , ▁present ▁and ▁future ▁col lide ▁and ▁world - lines ▁are ▁sever ed . ▁G in ny , ▁Jack ▁and ▁Daniel , ▁having ▁ev aded ▁the ▁hun ters , ▁tre k ▁across ▁a ▁deg ener ating ▁Seattle . ▁Prote cted ▁by ▁their ▁sum - run ners , ▁they ▁are ▁drawn ▁to ▁N atar aja , ▁where ▁I sh an ax ade ▁is ▁waiting . ▁While