Reforged - A Tale of the Universal Apocalypse (ePub)

So the universe rebooted, whoops! Not like a little Windows reboot. More of a hard drive wiped itself clean kind of thing. One moment everything was chugging along as normal - planets orbiting, stars fusing, the usual. The next all matter and energy blinked out of existence. Don't bother asking how or why because not even the smartest beings that exist now could explain it fully. Something about false vacuum decay, a change in the very laws of physics that govern reality itself. Now here's where things go off the deep end. When the universe came back into being, the rules were just a bit different. Magic was real, psychic powers were real, gods and spirits roamed freely. It seems in the flash of nonexistence, our consciousness escaped into dreams and myths. When reality was rewritten, so much of the fantastical bled over.This was a "Universe Apocalypse." The world entire became a massive virtual reality game. I found myself an immortal dungeon core at the heart of a spectral labyrinth. Monsters, treasures, challengers, and wonders filled my halls as brave souls sought to conquer me.In time periods, ages, and lifetimes lost to memory, I evolved. My dungeon became a stronghold, my monsters an army. Kingdoms rose and fell, wars were waged and ended, all beneath my watch. Legends spread throughout the land of my treasures and perils. New wanderers came seeking glory, justice, knowledge, and peril. Many entered, most didn't exit. Until came a youth with fire in his eyes and power in his fists. This warrior fought through my legions, bested my champions, and in the end, toppled my throne.As thedust settled, I gazed up at the smiling face of my vanquisher. The worthy inheritor of my domain. In that moment I knew this was not the end. Merely a new beginning in an unending story. My story. The story of how the universe remade itself. And I found purpose once more.