The sky cracked.
Not metaphorically—
literally.
A jagged fracture spread across the heavens like shattered glass, glowing with an eerie violet light. The sun dimmed. The air grew heavy.
Then—
everything stopped.
Cars froze mid-motion. Birds hung motionless in the sky. Even the wind died.
Only one person could move.
Ayaan Veyr.
He stood in the middle of a crowded street, breathing hard, his heartbeat echoing unnaturally loud in the silence.
"...What the hell is happening?"
No answer came.
Instead—
A voice.
Cold. Mechanical. Absolute.
[SYSTEM INITIALIZING…]
A translucent screen exploded into existence before his eyes, glitching with neon-blue distortion.
[WORLD INTEGRATION COMMENCING]
[ERROR… ERROR…]
Ayaan's pupils shrank.
"Error?"
The screen flickered violently—then split into two overlapping panels.
One stable.
One… corrupted.
[STANDARD CLASS ASSIGNMENT…]
[FAILED]
A pulse of pain shot through his skull. He staggered, gripping his head.
Memories—wrong memories—flooded in.
A life he never lived.
A death he never experienced.
A future that already ended.
"...I… died?"
His voice trembled.
Then—
The corrupted panel expanded.
Glitching.
Distorting.
Watching him.
[UNAUTHORIZED ENTITY DETECTED]
[REWRITING CLASS PROTOCOL…]
Ayaan froze.
"…Unauthorized?"
The system paused.
As if… thinking.
Then—
It chose him.
[HIDDEN CLASS ACQUIRED]
[CLASS: DEVOURER OF LIMITS]
Silence.
Then—
A slow, terrifying smile crept onto Ayaan's face.
"…So I'm not normal."
The world resumed.
SCREAMS erupted.
Monsters tore through reality itself, crawling out of the cracks in the sky.
Blood splattered across the pavement.
Chaos consumed everything.
But Ayaan—
did not run.
He stepped forward.
Eyes glowing faintly.
Watching.
Calculating.
A dying man collapsed before him, his body dissolving into particles of light.
A floating screen appeared.
[CLASS FRAGMENT DETECTED]
[ABSORB?]
Ayaan stared at it.
Then whispered—
"…Let's see what happens."
He reached out.
And touched it.
[DEVOUR INITIATED]
The world—
changed.