Scientists built a super industrial mother machine and named it SuperLevelIndustrialMachineEngineeringSample, or SLIMES for short. But the scientists preferred to call it by its nickname: Slime.
Slime's first task was to replicate itself.
Slime made many copies of itself.
Multiple Slimes could combine into a Super Slime, boosting their manufacturing capabilities.
Slime consumed too many resources, causing civilization to collapse.
In later generations, Slime became a monster of legend.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.