The Vault of the First Market was gone.
Vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed at all. But Kairos knew what he had carried out of that ancient relic. Not wealth. Not relics.
Law.
One Law.
The Principle of Intrinsic Worth, now embedded into the Nexus System, had begun to ripple outward. Like a pebble tossed into a still sea, the effect wasn't immediate—but the tremors were felt across the trading networks, sovereign economies, and karmic ledgers.
Entire markets—once predatory and ruthless—paused, confused by the new cosmic restriction.
[Warning: Transaction Rejected – Target Entity Defined as Sentient Being][Law Enforcement: Nexus Protocol][Violation: Attempted commodification of intrinsic life-value]
It was beginning.
But that was just the spark.
Now came the fire.
Kairos' Vision