To his understanding, all things in the mountains coexisted harmoniously with nature. Every lifeform followed its own laws—interdependent and self-regulating. Never had there been such an abrupt, large-scale disruption of balance. The only exceptions were natural disasters and his own disruptive presence as an unstable anomaly.
Since emerging from the mountains, he had encountered countless incomprehensible creatures and bewildering environmental changes. He witnessed a staggering number of lifeforms that, even as they multiplied and advanced, were simultaneously driving their Species toward annihilation.
Indeed, through all the alterations and transformations of the environment, he could clearly see the shifting Energy. While the benefits of such progress fed back into this Species, the detriments would eventually manifest as well. When the suppression of environmental Energy reached its absolute limit, its inevitable eruption would trigger an unstoppable chain of events.
