Crocs_is_Dead

The world was never the same after that day.

Humanity learned that they weren't alone in the universe, but that wasn't something they had the time to worry about.

Their realization was accompanied by catastrophe.

Creatures beyond their wildest imaginations poured down from the sky and appeared from the earth. They slaughtered humans as if it was their singular purpose, driving them to the brink of extinction.

The people of the world did everything in their power, developing unique traits and technologies to create a united front their enemies couldn't penetrate. 

They secured victories and repopulated, feeling as if they stood a chance against the foreign invaders. 

They fought and they fought, doing everything they possibly could to ensure their survival.

Until the Great Calamities appeared. 

In front of them, humanity was nothing regardless of its efforts.

One by one, the worlds were turned into piles of rubble in between the cracks of their teeth. Civilization was torn apart, and the evolved humans living within could do nothing to stop its collapse. 

Humanity itself was left extinct, and in the end, only a single man was left alive amidst the chaos. 

Why?

For what reason were they punished so? 

Nobody knew why the attacks began in the first place.

He looked into the distance at the memories of the past and firmed his resolve. 

“It can only be me.”

He knew of a miracle that could return him to the place of those memories.

He knew of a way to make the wheels of time spin in reverse. 

And using it, he alone would save humanity from its doomed fate. 

That was his sacred duty as its final survivor.

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Transcendent Gene

'Naturally, I grew strong using Sequences.'

Gio thought to himself about those days.

He followed the same growth trajectory as every other human for a long time, but when he became a Starlight Class Sequencer, he realized that it was impossible to reach Beyond Starlight without using extraordinary means.

The system of power humanity created was never meant to go past the Starlight Class. That was the natural barrier of its current design, and that wouldn't change even far into the future.

It was already assumed that to go Beyond Starlight, the only choice was to search for the path oneself.

Gio found his own path within the tower, because if he didn't, he would have died.

He called it the [Laws of Matter], or, if he was in the mood to use a more fantastical term, he called them the [Guardian Runes].

In essence, they could still be considered a Sequence, but it wasn't quite like that.

The Foundation of Strength [2]