An interstellar city called ' Adamxis ' stands on the surface of a crimson planet.
The megacities built with human technology have long surpassed the scope of modern people's understanding. The skyscrapers are no longer the steel and concrete structures of 10,000 years ago, but huge and magnificent buildings, thousands of meters high, capable of accommodating nearly a million people.
These massive structures, known as 'Bee Cities,' serve as a means of isolating the planet from its harsh surface environment and are now the main buildings in interstellar colonies.
The Hive City is different from the Hive City in Warhammer. This massive city is actually just a solid shell used to protect against the external space environment. The interior is not hierarchical, after all, under the rule of the Pale God Norton, there is no such thing as a noble.
These structures stand one after another across the surface of the crimson planet, their interconnected viaducts forming a dense, spiderweb-like network, showcasing the formidable power of human technology.
Inside the massive building are densely packed residential areas, commercial streets, and even large industrial zones with well-planned layouts, all built on the exterior.
Although the architecture inside doesn't resemble a modern city, it's still quite similar.
Because there was no sun, the interior was fully illuminated by electricity, and the neon lights on both sides of the street were dazzling and flashing, with various exquisitely decorated and luxurious shops showcasing the city's vibrant nightlife.
The pedestrians coming and going have strange appearances. In just three thousand years, many people have lost their human appearance.
Growing wings and tails are already considered benign evolution; deformities and bizarre shapes are commonplace.
Even now, you can still see faded yellowed signs along the roadside. "Treat your fellow citizens kindly; physical diversity is the right thing to do."
Indeed, humanity has evolved from racial and skin color diversity to a culture of physical diversity. This conclusion has even become deeply ingrained in people's minds, to the point that even slogans about it now seem outdated.
Compared to male rights, female rights, and the diversity of genders, skin, and body shapes, only the political correctness of Pale God is truly eternally correct.
At this moment, on this wide street, at least six out of ten screens on the storefronts on both sides of the street were playing a pale figure, and the propaganda voices used by the Human Federation to brainwash people resounded throughout the street at all times.
"The age of great strife has arrived. Though crisis looms, opportunity coexists with it. Billions of fellow human beings must take control of their own destiny and fight alongside His Majesty Norton!"
"Social problems have become extremely acute, and humanity urgently needs large-scale and thorough reforms, otherwise we will only reach a dead end! Unknown dangers are coming, but this is also our opportunity."
For the sake of our own living environment, we must fight to the very end!
"Scientists have discovered that when the soul enters reality, it may come into contact with physical matter and evolve into unknown objects. This may be the reason for the transformation Your Majesty spoke of."
Based on this, the Pale Church Academy of Sciences published a paper stating that although future spaceships could break the speed of light limit by Subspace Jump, each jump would mean that real matter would enter Subspace, which would undoubtedly bring back more Soul Matter from Subspace.
If the Soul Matter is truly the cause of the apocalypse as Your Majesty claims, then it means that humanity, in order to reproduce and develop, will inevitably have to wage a permanent struggle against the emergence of Soul Matter!
The official host's impassioned words emanated from the screen displaying the Pale God image of Norton, echoing across the wide streets filled with people, cars, and even aircraft.
Many passersby walked and stopped, occasionally pausing to look up at the pale figure on the screen, their eyes filled with admiration, respect, awe, or even disgust and hatred.
Among the crowd were many Pale Church missionaries dressed in pure white priestly robes. They looked more like law enforcers in the city, but under Norton's strong pressure, they lacked the overbearing attitude of real law enforcers.
Neon lights flashed brightly, pedestrians still came and went, the figures on the screen remained pale and holy, and the voices that came out were still passionate and indignant.
But I don't know when it started, the refraction of light seemed to begin to change silently.
It appears that a substance similar to photons has a slight effect on the refraction of photons, but it is so subtle that it is impossible to discern.
However, this substance truly exists, and it has already adhered to people's clothing, streetlights, storefronts, glass, screens, and even all physical objects without anyone noticing.
Reality seems somewhat distorted, like a road surface steaming in the summer heat, with a visible distortion and fluctuation of heat radiation.
People have already begun to notice something is wrong.
But no one knows why.
But this distortion is intensifying; that substance seems to be increasing, merging with real matter.
It's as if inanimate objects have been imbued with a soul, giving all matter a strange, lifelike quality.
No, it's not just a feeling.
"Puff!"
A piercing, strange noise came from the fountain.
The spring water, which had been gushing out relatively clear water, changed almost instantly, turning into a spray of strange black granular substance.
No, it's not a substance, but a tiny, worm-like organism.
In the blink of an eye, these black insects had covered the pool, and then quickly surged and spread from the pool to the surrounding crowd.
Before pedestrians resting by the pool could even react, their entire bodies were covered in these black insects.
Then, blood and shrill screams suddenly erupted.
With that scream that shattered the silence, the whole world seemed to have completely changed.
"Buzzing... Hehehe... Chirping..." Strange, never-before-seen sounds, like some kind of eerie murmur, echoed through the streets and in everyone's ears.
In the distorted reality, the screens above the street entrances twisted and spread, with long, thin tentacles reaching out and sweeping towards passersby. As the tentacles retracted, the screens had somehow transformed into an indescribable creature with a strange, viscous body.
The glass door seemed to melt and glue itself back together, transforming from transparent glass into a grotesque monster with a deformed body, three claws, and a massive, ferocious form, roaring as it lunged at passersby.
The tables and chairs in the roadside restaurants were also twisted and distorted, instantly given life, and formed a new, never-before-seen, and extremely aggressive terrifying creature from the intertwining of soul and matter.
Even the original human sanctuary, the massive buildings, and the roads beneath our feet, are distorted in reality, struggling within that distortion.
The sudden change sparked a desperate uproar, but humanity was no longer the frail force it once was.
"Holy crap... Lou stood up!"
The screams and gasps were incessant, but you could tell how terrifying it was just from the words.
"Filthy, unclean, this is the heresy Your Majesty speaks of! You filthy creatures dare to defile the Holy City under the protection of the Pale Church; this is a grave disrespect to Your Majesty. Missionaries, charge with me!!!"
We swear to defend Your Majesty's dignity!!!
A Twelve-Winged Angel suddenly flew out of the Pale Church's monastery, its body radiating a dazzling light and engulfed in flames. As it flew, it left a long trail of flames in the sky, crashing into the surrounding streets that had undergone strange changes like a meteorite. Then, a blazing fire roared up, scorching everything unclean inside!
Before the first burst of flames had even faded in the air, the crimson light had already illuminated the entire bee colony.
"For Your Majesty!!!"
A piercing scream echoed through the street.
The Pale Church missionaries coming and going on the street were engulfed in flames, and pure white wings sprouted from their backs.
Its entire body was bathed in holy light, like a true Angel, charging fearlessly toward the grotesque creature.
Humanity has developed for three thousand years and has long since reached the pinnacle of its power.
Even though all the inanimate objects around them were now rapidly twisting and transforming into filthy, bizarre creatures, this scene did not frighten many people; instead, it excited a large crowd.
As the Pale Church Angel exerted its power, the other ordinary people also roared and unleashed their abilities, mingling with the grotesque creatures around them.
The entire massive city was reduced to ruins in a matter of moments.
Humans are the most warlike creatures in nature.
Norton suppressed this warlike nature for three thousand years.
Why is our seemingly peaceful and free society so oppressive now? Why do so many people suffer from mental illness to varying degrees? It's because Norton has suppressed us so much.
The Pale God symbolizes freedom, equality, and harmony is not merely a symbol, but a truly colossal being that has oppressed humanity for three thousand years—the Supreme God!
Even if one were immortal and possessed extremely powerful superpowers, one would still have to live like an ordinary person and could not indulge in destruction in the slightest. Anyone who possessed such power would feel frustrated.
After being stifled for three thousand years, the sudden change has not instilled fear, but rather has allowed people to completely unleash their true selves.