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

Gio's senses disconnected from the world completely.

It was for this reason that he had to find a secure place to undergo the procedure. It would have been even better if there was someone to protect him, but there didn't exist a person he could show this to.

As such, he didn't concern himself with such thoughts.

His mind went inward. He saw his internal structure; the flesh and blood that supported his vessel.

He saw the stardust stuck to his skeleton and moving through his bloodstream.

And, he saw the other force. The Aether that had been circulating within him ever since he formed his Aether Core.

He took a deep breath and calmed his mind, getting rid of any extraneous thoughts.

From now on, Gio's mind would be one with his body.

Calmly, he called out to the Aether. As if he was poking at it with tiny invisible hands, he used his mind to prod the force, pushing it out of its cycle.

The Foundation of Strength [4]