The one reading this…
You must be wondering—
What is this place?
Another story?
Another reality filled with overpowered beings…
Something you've seen a thousand times before.
Something you can scroll past.
…
You're wrong.
Before the world existed—
Before the first light ever touched the void—
There was nothing.
No stars.
No matter.
No sound.
No time.
Everything…
stood still.
Nothing could change.
Nothing could begin.
Nothing could end.
Until—
something appeared.
Call it a god, if that makes it easier for you.
It resembled a human.
But it wasn't one.
Because it felt nothing.
No purpose.
No emotion.
No reason to exist.
It drifted through the void—
observing…
nothing.
And then—
it did something it never needed to do.
It created reality.
Space expanded—
not once,
but endlessly.
Countless Big Bangs erupted,
again and again,
layer upon layer—
an infinite repetition of creation.
Stars were born in numbers beyond comprehension.
Each one larger than it should have been.
Each one…
wrong.
Because every single one of them—
had rings.
Always.
No exception.
And within those rings—
worlds began to form.
Then came the first beings.
They have no true name.
But if you need one—
call them…
"The Guides."
Serpentine entities.
Massive.
Far beyond the scale of stars.
Their bodies adorned with countless stars—
not decorations—
but remains.
Their eyes…
contained everything they had ever consumed.
They were intelligent.
They were alone.
They devoured even themselves—
their own tails—
forming something that should not exist.
Infinity.
They cannot die.
Not in any dimension.
Not in any timeline.
They regenerate instantly.
They see the past.
They see the future.
And if they choose—
they can erase something far worse than existence itself.
They can erase the *possibility* of return.
The Creator gave them one purpose—
Spread.
And so they did.
Across reality.
Across every ring.
Across every world.
…
And among those countless worlds—
there was one.
Small.
Insignificant.
Forgotten.
Earth.
Life began.
In the ocean—
there was a creature.
Simple.
Meaningless.
Its name—
"Fish."
That is enough.
It does not need to be more.
Then—
humans appeared.
They did not evolve.
They were not created.
They simply…
were.
Every human—
a genius.
Every human—
beyond human.
Their civilization advanced at an impossible rate.
Technology.
Knowledge.
Power.
Everything grew.
Too fast.
And yet—
their world still resembled something… old.
Familiar.
Outdated.
Like it was never meant to catch up.
Until—
they reached it.
Their greatest achievement.
They left Earth.
Voices filled with hope.
Excitement.
Belief.
They thought—
they were ready.
They traveled into the dark.
Only distant rings of stars
and the echoes of endless creation
gave them light.
One of them—
stepped closer to the window.
And looked outside.
…
Something…
was already looking at them.
An eye—
larger than their entire ship.
Inside it—
were stars.
Countless.
Endless.
And something far worse—
Knowledge.
Not the kind you seek.
Not the kind you can understand.
But the kind—
that understands you.
And at that moment—
it realized something.
…
You're reading this.