The rain in the marshlands didn't feel natural anymore.
Each droplet that fell shimmered with light, rippling the surface of the pools with faint sigils — fragments of code leaking into the physical world. The scent of ozone and wet earth mixed with something metallic, like burning circuitry.
Ashen stood in the Hall of Resonance, where the walls themselves hummed in tune with the Force currents. Around him hovered dozens of glowing orbs — global sensors scattered throughout the Genesis Plane, projecting real-time feeds of chaos.
Flashes of battle. Crumbling cities. Glitches turning rivers into glass.
And everywhere… the same anomaly spreading — black veins of data infection, expanding like a digital plague.
[System Alert: Force Corruption Detected – 14% Expansion Rate per Day.]
Estimated Total Collapse: 39 Days.
