Devouring Link

Midas casually walked along the fertile soils and bright skies inside his Living World, a place that was brimming with life, hope, and light, unlike the shit show happening outside.

The situation out there was getting progressively worse, and what Midas knew was that it was only the beginning. This thing that had wiped out possibly over 3 billion people already was a drop in the ocean compared to what was coming next.

After all, what they had seen was an animation from an outsider's perspective, and so seeing the Earth expand and get covered by a black metallic sheet might not have registered to them. The sun would disappear and they would experience the greatest cold spell in history.

And then when the sun came back, that would be the moment all those animals that were asleep would wake up. But they wouldn't merely be animals anymore. They would be much more powerful.