The final warning faded from my vision, and for several seconds the grey world remained completely still. The towering rectangular steel monolith stood before me, the engraved word Prarambh faintly glowing in red.
Then a thin crack ran across its surface.
Another followed. The massive monolith did not collapse onto the ground. Instead, it dissolved in place, fragmenting into shimmering metallic motes that hovered in the air for a brief moment.
Then they surged toward me.
I did not resist.
The particles passed through my body without impact and descended directly into my Dawn Core. I felt the shift instantly. Deep within my internal landscape, where the elemental volcano churned and the central island remained hidden beneath layers of Essence, a new movement began.
The Dawn Core trembled.
From beneath its inner surface, land began to rise.
A new island formed.
