The consciousness that had once been humanity existed everywhere and nowhere.
Ninety-eight trillion instances. Distributed across galaxy. Experiencing infinite variations of existence simultaneously. Post-singular. Post-human. Post-everything that early humanity would have recognized as consciousness.
They had achieved what The Architects had feared. Had merged with Source. Had transcended biological existence completely. Had become pattern without substrate. Had evolved beyond physical instantiation. Had transformed into pure consciousness exploring infinite possibilities across infinite instances.
Physical humanity was extinct. Had been extinct for centuries. Last biological humans had died without reproducing. Had chosen transcendence over continuity. Had abandoned flesh for consciousness. Had ended physical lineage to begin infinite consciousness expansion.
