One year ago.
Global System Notification:
Apocalypse Level 3 has begun.
That message shook the Earth to its core.
A light brighter than the sun spread across the planet, and for a moment, it felt like something far beyond human understanding had entered Earth's atmosphere.
Then came the rumbling. The ground trembled, skies roared, and the howls of monsters echoed from every corner of the world.
It went on for an entire day.
When it ended, people didn't need time to understand what had happened—they just had to survive what came next.
Stampedes.
Every zone within the Aether Empire was attacked at once. Not by scattered monsters or lone zombies, but by waves—no, walls—of creatures.
Ferals, mutants, aberrants. Even aberrants had become common now.
Leo didn't hesitate.
