Age of Ashes: Afterglow of the Demonic Embers

This world once had a highly developed magical industrial civilization. Magic (or "primordial energy") has been systematically analyzed, forming a global energy transmission and application network called the "Terra Magic Network", driving floating cities, construct laborers, consciousness mapping and other glorious creations. Its core energy is a high-concentration energy crystal extracted from specific minerals and the virtual world - raw crystal. ·Civilization was not destroyed by foreign enemies or plague, but by the over-exploitation of the "Terra Magic Network" and a reckless experiment in deep energy exploration. This leads to the "Magic Network Collapse" event, which is not a simple explosion, but a local disorder of the laws of physics and a tear in the fabric of reality. The huge energy backlash instantly destroyed the core of civilization. Magical equipment was overloaded, exploded or went crazy. People who relied on the magic network to survive either died or mutated. This disaster left behind unstable and dangerous magical turbulence and various bizarre real-life scars that permeated the ruins. The "original crystal" veins also decayed and became unstable over a large area, and even "infected" the surrounding creatures and environment, forming erosion areas similar to "disasters" and giving birth to distorted energy aliens (which can correspond to "different demons"). ·Current era: Ember Era: hundreds of years after the disaster. The former glory of magic has turned into huge ruins all over the world, where dangers and opportunities coexist. The residual energy floating in the air is called "demon embers". It is not only a scattered energy source, but also a deadly source of pollution and mental erosion. Descendants of the survivors struggled to survive in the ashes of civilization, forming scattered sanctuaries and city-states.