THE Faraday Cage and THE Infinite Loom were designs of glorious innovation and wonder as they currently shone with a reinforced glow of power after weathering through THE Fallout itself.
Noah appeared directly before the vibrant blue-gold barriers of THE Infinite Loom as he looked outside to the changed Weavings of Existence, and they looked absolutely marvelous in the most terrifying way possible.
The imdiate landscape outside of THE Infiniverse was filled by regions of space that shone with a stellar gray hue, expressing a form of destruction and brilliance at the sa ti. There seed to be solid gray clouds pulsing with ash and flas, roiling like thunderheads made of concentrated devastation. If one looked up or down, or in any other direction really, they would notice a faint trace of what looked like ash raining in every direction.
When this ash touched onto surfaces, Existence in that area would sizzle slightly as smoke would bloom. It was as if the very atmosphere had beco corrosive, hostile to anything that dared to exist within it.
And with his own eyes, Noah could only see barely more than a mile in every direction. Beyond that, the gray ash and clouds ford an impenetrable curtain that swallowed all perception.
And-
|KAAA!|
As he was thinking and observing all of this, out of absolutely nowhere, a massive form barreled out from the ash-filled Weavings of Existence outside. Since what he could observe was only a mile in every direction, with the gray ash and clouds seemingly covering everything after that, he only managed to see the creature when it was already upon him.
It ca to smash onto the walls of THE Infinite Loom.
BOOM!
The barrier buzzed.
The impact was heavy as the entity that had done it actually held Depth.
Depth!
SCREE!
"What the fuck..."
He had not even gotten out yet.
He was just observing and waiting for the complete end of THE Fallout, and sothing was already being chucked toward his direction?
His gaze was stern as he observed the monstrous thing that had appeared outside of his ho. The thing was currently banging its head on THE Infinite Loom, and shockingly, even though it could not see him, its maddened eyes were locked onto him as if it ca here specifically for him.
The creature was horrifying in a way that transcended normal terror.
Its general form resembled that of a Gulper Eel, with an impossibly large mouth that seed to comprise most of its body. The jaw could unhinge to reveal rows upon rows of teeth that spiraled inward like a at grinder made of bone. Its body was elongated and serpentine, covered in skin that looked like it had been turned inside out and then burned.
But what truly made it nightmarish were the markers of the cursed that spread across its flesh paired with all this. Faint cracks glowed with residual Fallout energy, covering every inch of its monstrous form. The cracks pulsed with a sickly gray-multicolored light, and from so of the larger fissures, wisps of primordial energy leaked out like steam from a broken pipe.
Its eyes were the worst. They held no sanity, no thought beyond desperate hunger. They were the eyes of sothing that had been broken by THE Fallout and reford into a creature of pure need.
As Noah observed it, The First Tongue buzzed as waves of information were extracted.
|CREATURE ANALYSIS|
|Designation: Erged Devourer|
|Classification: The Awakened |
|Depth: THE Interdiate Depth of Absolute Sovereignty|
|Origin: Malford Ginnu Lifeform from THE Belly of Existence|
|Status: Unable to resist the effects of THE Fallout. Underwent forced mutation.|
|Potential Group Ascertained: THE ERGED|
|Origin: Entities from THE Belly of Existence who were affected by The Fallout when THE Living Paradox’s attack tore open THE Creature’s domain.|
|Mutation Type: Primordial Regression|
|The Erged are entities who were exposed to The Fallout while simultaneously being bathed in the primordial energies of THE Belly of Existence. This dual exposure caused them to regress toward more fundantal, more ancient forms of existence.|
|Characteristics:|
|- Bodies shifting toward primordial, proto-existence states|
|- Can access abilities from the era before differentiation|
|- Perceive reality in ways that predate current Existence’s structure|
|- Struggle to communicate with post-differentiation entities|
|- Slowly losing connection to modern Existence’s rules|
|Hierarchy:|
|- The Awakened: Recently erged, still adapting to their new nature (Current specin)|
|Curse Variation:|
|The Erged bear a modified version of THE Existential Ceiling. While they cannot reach Absolute Depth through normal ans, their primordial regression grants them access to power structures that predate the Depth system entirely.|
|Unique Boon - Primordial mory:|
|- Can access inherited mories from before differentiation|
|- Possess knowledge of Existence’s fundantal structure|
|- Can perceive the "cracks" in reality that The Fallout created|
|MUTATION DETAILS: PRIMORDIAL HUNGER|
|This specific specin underwent a horrific mutation that amplified its base instincts to catastrophic levels.|
|Effect: The creature’s existence feels perpetually thirsty, craving rich Weavings of Existence to sustain itself.|
|Behavior: Any entity that cos within a few miles will be sensed if they possess rich Weavings of Existence. The creature will pursue them with undeniable, maddened need.|
|Note: THE Infiniverse and your personal Weavings register as extraordinarily rich sources. This creature likely sensed you from maximum perception range and imdiately charged.|
|Warning: Where there is one Erged, there are likely many more. THE Belly of Existence contained countless entities.|
...!
Noah observed the details of this creature that roared toward him and THE Infiniverse with a maddened glare.
He could not help but think of Lumivara, Ul’Moreth, and The Fisherman.
They had been in THE Belly of Existence when THE Fallout struck. They had been exposed to those sa primordial energies while the attack tore through THE Creature’s domain.
Had they undergone similar mutations?
Or had they been strong enough, aware enough, to resist the regression and maintain their sanity?
He did not know.
And in this new Existence where communication was impossible and perception was limited to re miles, he had no way of finding out.
BOOM!
THE Erged Devourer slamd against THE Infinite Loom again, its massive maw trying to bite through barriers that had withstood THE Fallout itself. Cracks of cursed energy flared across its body with each impact, and its screech of frustration echoed through the gray landscape.
Noah watched it with cold, calculating eyes.
This was his first glimpse of what awaited outside.
An Interdiate Depth creature, driven mad by hunger, attacking his ho within minutes of THE Fallout’s conclusion.
And according to the information extracted, where there was one, there were likely many more.
THE Belly of Existence had contained many entities.
All of them now exposed to THE Fallout.
All of them potentially transford into these Erged.
All of them fucking hungry.
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