After evolving for more than four billion years, starting with the simplest cells, survival has always been the highest priority.
Yet the universe contains a finite amount of matter, while civilizations keep multiplying. There is only one way to stay alive.
The moment that primitive life looked up at the stars, the fate of the universe was sealed.
“The darkness and terror surrounding you are the truth you have always sought. They are the lamps that imprison your civilization, breathing forth their radiance...”
And so the whole world went up in flames, and life was laid to waste.
At the moment when all things came to an end, Xiaoxue appeared from the void, seized the essence of civilization, then vanished once more without a trace.