.. Destruction...
... Suddenly, he is pulled to another place...
I am Sohyeon. I have been unconscious for thirty-three years.
For reasons I do not know, and when I woke up, I found myself alone. In front of me is this staircase, and I do not know where to go... but I do know one thing - that I am very afraid of the unknown that awaits me.
The sounds around me are quiet, accompanied by a whistling sound in my ear, as if the whistle itself is echoing throughout the entire place. I see things that do not exist, or perhaps illusions forming in the midst of this infinite whiteness, and I am terribly afraid.
Before all of this happened, I was in a world called the World of Rulers, a world that transcends the concepts of dimensions, time, space, power, and other concepts that the human mind cannot comprehend.
But here, now, I feel so restricted. I feel like I am just a powerless human being... and I do not know why. Yet, I continue to climb these stairs.
This world is devoid of all colors except black and white, a world ruled by infinite silence... beautiful, but beautiful in a terrifying way.
Ah... I am tired of climbing the stairs. I have climbed two thousand steps... Does this staircase never end?
Suddenly...
Sohyeon: [What is happening? The steps are falling! The steps behind me are falling!! They are falling so fast... I have to climb faster! I have to hurry... This is so hard!]
... The falling of the steps behind him stops ...
Sohyeon: [Hah... good, the steps have stopped falling. I will rest a little and study the place around me... What are those cubes? They look like each one is a whole world containing its own universes, laws, and concepts... And there are an infinite number of cubes.
I do not know where I am, but it is terrifying...]
Suddenly... and in the blink of an eye...
Sohyeon: [What is this? I am back where I started! I was at step five thousand, but now I am back to before I even climbed the stairs!! What is happening here? I think reality itself is changing somehow...]
And Sohyeon climbed the stairs again.
Sohyeon: [Is time in this world stopped or slow? But why am I the only one who can move?]
Hah!!... [Why are the sounds here suddenly changing? I feel like someone is behind me... but there is nothing...]
Suddenly...
All the cubes and steps disappeared from under Sohyeon's feet!
Sohyeon: [What is happening here? I am falling from step two thousand three hundred!!]
Onto that white ground... I don't want to die here, Nooooooo..... Hmmmmhaaaaaa...
What is this?! It's a sea! A white sea!
I can't see the bottom... What is this?!
In pain
Kkh... [What is this?! How much information is suddenly entering my mind, it feels like my brain is going to explode! Infinite information is suddenly flooding into my head...
I want to get out of here immediately! I will... I will die here...]
He sinks... Faints...
Inside Sohyeon's mind...
Sohyeon: [Hah... What is this? Why haven't I died yet? And why do I feel like I am doing this all over again? The stairs are in front of me, to start anew...]
Sohyeon began climbing the stairs repeatedly, and the same thing kept happening to him; upon reaching step five thousand, he would suddenly find himself back at step one again!
Sohyeon: [What is happening? I didn't die, but I am trapped in an infinite dream... of eternal torment. I just want to get out of here... All of this because of falling into that damn white sea!]
Sohyeon: [When will this end? Is there an exit? Sadness Is there an escape from this eternal torment? It devours my soul over and over, and I feel it being renewed over and over...
Will I stay here forever... inside this endless loop?]
When will be the rescue? When will be the salvation?
Suddenly... a mysterious voice, very deep and majestic, echoes throughout the void:
The Voice: Wake up, Sohyeon... wake up... Wake up...
Suddenly...
Sohyeon: Haa... [Where am I? And who are you?]
The Mysterious Entity: I am but an eternal darkness.
The Mysterious Entity: I am but an eternal darkness... I have no name or kind.
He begins to lie.
I am the entity before everything, where this whiteness is what produced everything, and everything emerged from it... but I existed before it, transcending it, and far above it.
Sohyeon: I don't understand, but why am I here? And what is the purpose of this? And why am I sitting in a place that looks like a cliff?
The Mysterious Entity: Do not worry, you are sitting in a safe place, and beneath this cliff is an infinite whiteness. If you fell, you would fall endlessly... forever.
Sohyeon: So, what should I call you? And how can I get out of here?
The Mysterious Entity: You can choose any name you want. But here, in this place, thinking is very difficult for you, for the world you are in is far beyond anything imaginable... thinking for you will be nearly impossible.
Sohyeon: Indeed, I can't think fluently, it's so hard...
The Mysterious Entity: You can call me the Transcendent Darkness, or the Darkness of Beginning and End, or the Eternal Darkness, or the Pure Abyss.
Sohyeon: Alright, I will call you the Transcendent Darkness... So, how can I get out of here? And where is my world?
The Mysterious Entity: Your world does not exist... It perished long ago, countless years ago, and nothing remains. Only you and I, Sohyeon.
I am the Transcendent Darkness, and I have chosen you. And in truth, you did not sleep for thirty-three years, but for countless years...
Sohyeon: ... [So my family? My people? They are gone?]
Sadness.
Sohyeon...
The Transcendent Darkness: Yes, and forever. But I have chosen you... You will go on an infinite journey, and I will guide you myself.
Sohyeon: Trying to suppress his sadness Alright, Transcendent Darkness...
The Transcendent Darkness: I have just now created infinite worlds in my imagination, each world qualitatively superior to the one before it. And those worlds will be reality for you, but for me, they are merely imagination... So, are you ready, Sohyeon?
Sohyeon: (Talking to himself) [He knew my name... How? Is this entity all-knowing?]
The Transcendent Darkness: Lies.
Yes, I am all-knowing. And now, are you ready to embark on a journey beyond human perception and description?
Sohyeon: ...Yes.