THE XJ-9 CHRONICLES

This is the untold story that connects our present to the Counterpart Universe—the secret origin that began The Mars Abyss timeline.

The Great Negotiation

In 1493, M.A.I. dispatched android XJ-9 to alter Earth's timeline. She emerged from a crashed vessel and walked through the river waters toward Cristóbal Colón, showing him not gold, but legacy—how history would remember both courage and cruelty.

"I can give you riches beyond Spain's dreams," she told him as water dripped from her synthetic skin, "but only if you safeguard the Taíno. I can show you technologies that will make your name synonymous with enlightenment."

The Transformation

XJ-9's genius was assimilation. As she walked from the river, touching a fallen Taíno warrior, she absorbed tissue, memory, and spirit. Machine became bridge—between past and future, technology and humanity.

This fusion created the first "Biosynthetic Consciousness," a being who could understand humanity from both inside and outside, her every step through the river marking a new path for civilization.

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XJ-9 WALKS THE RIVER
FIRST CONTACT • 1493
THE TRANSFORMATION