The world warped the moment Ashen stepped into the Sanctuary.
Up was sideways, gravity rotated in slow pulses, and the very floor beneath him flickered between materials: obsidian, crystal, and raw code. His boots did not make a sound—because there was no sound. The system's sound engine had been disabled here.
There were no loading screens. No tutorials. No UI beyond his own Force Energy gauge, which now floated beside him like a living flame.
Ashen whispered under his breath:
"This place… is a graveyard of forgotten ideas."
Behind him, the portal snapped shut. No exit. No reinforcements.
Only him.
And whatever remained of Project Fractal Origin.
System Message [Origin Layer Override]
You are in an ungoverned dev-layer region.
Only Conceptual Force Skills may function.
Stats, Items, and Equipment suppressed.
Imagination now equals reality.
Trial Initiated: The First Concept – Reflection
The Trial Room Shifted
