"Merge... Eternity..."
"Join... become one..."
"The Abyss... is the final destination..."
Innumerable voices overlapped, interwove, and distorted...
They didn't enter through his ears, but detonated directly in the depths of his Soul.
In an instant, Ian's consciousness was dragged into an endless illusion of the Abyss.
He "saw" himself standing in the middle of a black ocean.
The water was as viscous as blood, with countless shattered stars drifting on its surface.
Inside the stars, living beings struggled, roared, and melted...
They had once been the civilizations of entire worlds, the hopes of countless races.
Now, only pained echoes remained.
The voice of the Abyss's Will surged from all sides.
"...This is the final destination..."
"Join... and you will become one of them..."
"...Become eternal..."
Ian felt his consciousness melting.
Like a candle in a flame, it softened, warped, and lost its sense of self, little by little.
