The End of the World

In Universe E39537.

Blue Star, United States.

Buffalo was an unremarkable second-tier city in the United States.

Located in New York State, it covered just over a hundred square kilometers and had a population of more than four hundred thousand.

The sun was slowly rising in the east, bathing the land in sunlight.

People began getting up and washing, some heading to work, others to school.

Everything seemed to be proceeding as usual.

The quiet streets gradually grew busy.

Cars and buses took to the roads.

But on this peaceful, ordinary day, disaster struck without warning.

A fissure suddenly split the street.

Rumble...

Vehicles on the road plunged into it.

Panic broke out, and drivers slammed on their brakes.

"Ah!"

"Earthquake!"

"Help!"

Then a huge, deathly gray hand reached up from underground and came down on a car.

The car exploded with a bang!

The hand seemed not to notice. Another emerged and braced itself against the ground.

Then a huge monster climbed out.

"Ah!"

Everyone who saw the monster, whether they had stopped to call the police or were merely passing by, screamed in terror and fled.

The monster stood over four meters tall. Its deathly gray skin was dry and hairless, and its limbs were long and slender. Its legs, in particular, were long enough to make any woman envious. It had a pointed head, no eyes, two trumpet-like ears, and a mouth full of sharp teeth.

As soon as it emerged, it grabbed a man trapped in a car and shoved him into its mouth.

Crunch... crunch...

The sound of bones being chewed up rang out, as though the monster were eating crispy chicken bones.

Blood burst like the juice from a crushed tomato and ran down the corners of its mouth.

The monster flicked out its