Chapter 1: Rebirth in the Ruins
Darkness.
It was the last thing Dr. Adrian Voss remembered before his world ended. One moment, he was inside his high-tech laboratory, desperately working on the Genesis Core—a project meant to push human evolution beyond its limits. The next, a blinding explosion had consumed everything.
Then... silence.
But now, he was awake.
Adrian gasped, his lungs burning as he inhaled the stale, metallic air. His body felt different—stronger, lighter, yet strangely unfamiliar. He struggled to his feet, his eyes adjusting to the dim light around him.
The world he knew was gone.
The once-thriving metropolis had turned into a wasteland. Skyscrapers were reduced to skeletal remains, and the streets were littered with shattered glass and twisted metal. Fires burned in the distance, their eerie glow casting shadows over the ruins. But what caught his attention wasn't just the destruction—it was the creatures.
Towering figures moved through the wreckage, their bodies pulsing with an unnatural energy. They weren't human. They looked like biomechanical nightmares—glistening metal fused with decayed flesh, their glowing red eyes scanning the ruins like predators searching for prey.
Adrian's pulse quickened.
"What… happened here?" he muttered, his voice hoarse.
He looked down at his hands. His once-frail fingers were now reinforced with a dark, metallic sheen, faint circuits glowing beneath his skin. His reflection in a shattered window confirmed his fear—he was no longer fully human.
The Genesis Core had worked.
But at what cost?
A deep, guttural growl echoed through the ruins. One of the biomechanical creatures had spotted him.
And it was hungry.
End of Chapter 1