The city was a crumbling inferno. Flames licked up the skeletal remains of what was once a thriving metropolis, now reduced to ash and ruin.
Buildings had collapsed into smoldering heaps, and the sky was clouded with thick, choking smoke.
What little of the city remained standing flickered with intermittent bursts of fire, casting grotesque shadows against the charred streets.
Even though they were running at full speed, the chaos unfolding around them felt like it was happening in slow motion.
The ground trembled beneath their feet as they dodged falling debris, leaping over collapsed beams and shattered glass.
All around, monstrous howls echoed through the burning streets, their origin unclear—until Riley caught sight of them.
The Nexus Creatures, grotesque and distorted, crawled and slithered through the wreckage, their eyes gleaming with hunger.
