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

The room was pitch-black. Gio didn't remember how he got here, but he remembered being struck in the back of the head with a blunt object.

When he opened his eyes again, all he saw was darkness.

There was a small sound as someone ripped a hood off of his head. He tried to move, only to realize he had been tied to the chair he was seated on with ropes on his ankles and wrists.

His mouth was gagged as well. The only thing he could do was see.

The sound of someone activating a mechanism rang out, followed by a flash of light that Gio's eyes had to get used to.

When he did, he could see that the spotlight in question was pointed at the area in front of him. His own body was still barely outside the light, but he could now see.

There was another person in his sight.

Another person was there at the other edge of the light, tied to a chair just like him.

First Kill [2]