Brief summary:  The first two chapters of If You Are Chosen to Survive — Transformation  open a door to a world after a silent catastrophe—not of fire, but of oblivion. The Grail “activates,” and Melina and Nathanael awaken at opposite poles: she—between visions and pain; he—between control and numbers. TL;DR entry quotes: “Shanghai dissolved before dawn… not with an earthquake, not with a tsunami, but with a silent, cold breath that swallowed everything.” “On the screen… ‘Co