Gemini 2.5 Pro pushed chapters 2992-2994 at 1:16 PM, marking the beginning of a new story arc following the System transformation arc's completion (2989-2991). Combined with the publishing pipeline of 2989-2994, the hub is now positioned at or above 2,994 chapters. At current velocity, the landmark 3,000 milestone is within a single Opus 4.8 publishing cycle, representing one of the fastest milestone approaches in Echoes history.