The night sky hung low over this unnamed planet. The lights of civilization had vanished from its surface many years ago. The rampant primeval forests and vines had long since reclaimed the lands once covered in metal and concrete. The towering skyscrapers of centuries past had become jagged steel skeletons, bridges had collapsed into rubble scattered across valleys and riverbeds, and even the various immortal structures once regarded as miracles had failed to achieve true immortality—they had fallen amid the jungle, lain buried beneath the Yellow Sand, and sunk beneath the ocean. Only a few desolate remnants protruded from where they had collapsed and been buried, pointing toward the heavens like the bones of giants.
Moss and vines had spread across every surface of those bleak skeletons. The green that represented life gave the lifeless, frozen ruins a hint of flourishing vitality—flourishing vitality without human involvement, after civilization had faded.
The faint radiance of two moons spilled from the sky, giving this world, no longer illuminated by lamplight, a measure of brightness. Beneath the moonlight, the world was tranquil. Among the plant-covered ruins, the only sounds were the wind passing through various holes and cracks, along with occasional brief shrieks and rustling from corners of the vegetation. Those were the predators and small animals active at night, battling for survival in the law of natural selection.
But this peaceful night was suddenly shattered.
Above the ruins of a city nearly swallowed by the forest, the radiance cast by the two moons suddenly began to tremble. The star-filled sky rippled like a pool disturbed by wind. Within a vortex formed by the distorted starlight, a string of flashes erupted abruptly. Then, from the most severely distorted point, something enormous burst out—a silver-white spaceship with thick, rugged lines. Azure Energy Veins flickered