What happened...
Who was I again...
What was I doing before...
Did I die?
No, what is death...
In the instant they first opened their eyes.
With the memories and personalities of countless counterparts crammed together.
Although the fusion had been completed.
All manner of chaotic side effects had still left these lucky souls with some problems in their minds.
As if their brains had crashed, they were utterly bewildered by their circumstances.
Thus.
The first reaction of many upon opening their eyes was to contemplate life.
They sank deep into all sorts of philosophical questions about existence.
However.
They were not allowed to ponder for long.
Soon, another disturbance drew their attention.
It was a palace that had suddenly appeared.
It was not particularly large.
At this moment.
Among these many lucky souls.
Even one whose original form had been nothing more than an ant.
Might now possess a body far larger than a so-called universe.
A mere sweep of its antennae could easily flatten galaxies.
It could treat a chaotic storm powerful enough to tear a universe apart as a breeze brushing its face, or a single random cell within its body could serve as a Special Spacetime more powerful than multiple universes.
Therefore.
To these newly born gods and demons, the palace, roughly the size of a planet, was truly inconspicuous, not even worthy of being called a speck of dust.
And yet.
In that instant, they all turned their attention toward it.
The reason was complicated: at that moment, they saw something incomparably familiar.
Blood-red light!
Incomparably conspicuous blood-red radiance!!
Even though their memories and personalities had long since become so disordered that they could barely sort anything out, and many things had been forgotten entirely.
At that moment.
Faced with a sense of impending danger,