Disaster. That is the only thing I can describe regarding the situation on this planet. If the Earth from Nasuverse is slowly dying because of a disease that can be cured if receiving a treatment, this world is ravaged by cancer.
Nasu Earth can be fixed if humans take care of the planet. Here? It is not the case. Just like cancer, you cannot cure it with a change of lifestyle and such. You need a specialized treatment to beat it.
Lucky for this planet, I am that cure.
I am in the middle of a fucking sand dune with only a few buildings buried under the sand in sight. I don't know where I will arrive or when, but I need to secure a place to meditate for now. I walk to the nearby building and see that it is good enough for me to meditate. I only need this building for the shade it provides.
I enter the building and sit on the ground. I take a deep breath and connect my soul to the planet's consciousness. I grunt as a massive amount of knowledge enters my head, and my body heats up at the massive amount of Grain entering my body and soul.
"Slow down, old girl. I will help you." I mutter as the planet keeps pumping me with grain. "However, I need you to slow down."
I send an image to the planet consciousness. It is a scenario where I will get sick or worse, dead, from the massive amount of grain entering my body. I can feel its hesitation, but it agrees with my request and reduces the amount of grain.
It is still a lot, but I can handle it.
If a milligram of grain can turn a human into ashes, or salt in this world case, then the amount I absorb will equal ten million times the amount.
And I absorb that amount every second. I grunt and decide to separate the Grain and turn it into something useful rather than absorbing it directly. I mix the grain and make it into something that is akin to Natural Energy, but gentler than Natural Energy.
It will not turn a normal human into stone, but enhance them instead. It will make them more durable and healthier. It will make the planet into the Age of God, where the air makes you healthier, but without the Gods causing problems for mortals.
I control my breathing, ensure the Grain does not condense enough to create a crystal, and create the abomination from the planet's memory. What I saw is the Giant or the Queen-Beast from the world of Drakengard. The weapon made by the God from that world was to kill all humans.
I have a theory regarding that so-called God. I think that thing is a Planet's Consciousness, just like Gaia. Humans are no longer their children and see them as 'pests'. That is why it wants to exterminate humans. However, unlike Gaia, that so-called God takes a direct approach and starts to send the Watcher, a new race created to exterminate humans.
And it is working. Sadly, the few humans who fight that race clash and create a crack in Kaleidoscope. That crack connects Nier World to the Drakengard World. With the crack open, the Queen-Beast fell to this world and spread the so-called Maso Particle.
Because of that Maso Particle, the White Chlorination Syndrome is born, and humanity comes to an end—at least the humans in this world.
I release a sigh and make sure to be careful. If this Maso particle enters the wrong way, it will be a bitch to expel. These things will stick to your soul and body like a barnacle. I wonder how long until I can leave this place without the planet screaming at my head and soul.
Also, I wonder when Zelretch returns. I am hungry and need something to eat. The heat also makes me thirsty.
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|3rd POV|
Zelretch looks at the people on the ground and thinks of his next move. He already gathered everything Ryan needs to survive in this world, and now he is thinking of a way for him to help and have fun in this new worldline.
Truthfully, he is confused about what kind of thing he should do in this worldline. He loves pranks and seeing people breaking through problems with their will and spirit alone. That is why he loves Emiya, after all.
However, the people in this world are stupid.
He already sees two million five hundred thousand and fifty-five timelines through his observation room, and 98% of them end up in one of the two endings. The first one is if the Queen-Beast did not appear in this world, and humanity followed the same path as countless Earths he saw in the other worldline. The second path is annihilation, just like this one. Some of them take longer, but in the end, humanity will go extinct.
Desperation. That is the key to their extinction. They are too desperate to do what researchers and scientists need to do. They do not experiment first and instead jump headfirst.
As for the 2% timelines, they are interesting. All of them are what he loves to call the 'Fanfiction' world, or the world someone writes. He will not touch that kind of timeline. They are all unpredictable and usually watched by an Eldritch being that even his magic cannot hurt. No. He will not touch those timelines.
To create a new ending, he needs to insert an outside-the-box solution and do it before the Nier: Automata timeline starts. He needs to change it so early that the Queen-Beast is still in another world.
Zelretch taps the butt of his jeweled sword and thinks of plans. After a few seconds, he nods and needs to test that plan in action. He needs to create a simulation back home and maybe ask a certain harem party to help him.
Well… 'ask' them. Rin will be pissed, but she will shut up when he offers her a few hundred tons of jewels of all kinds. Illya needs a good alchemist ingredient to bribe. Sakura… That is a tough cookie, but she can be bribed as well. As for Shirou… Well, the androids will want his children.
He shakes his head and teleports to Ryan's location. It is easy enough to locate him. He only needs to search for a strong suction force. However, he arrived two kilometers away from him because even he cannot handle that amount of Grain.
He 'knocks' and notices Ryan. The younger man opens his eyes and argues with the planet to let him go for now. After ten minutes of making a proper proposal and swearing to return, he could leave and approach the old vampire.
Zelretch gives him a bag and says,
"That is a bag of holding containing all the things you need. Food, water, clothes, and such."
"Thank you."
"What will you do now, Ryan? I know that Gaia will not let you return to your world at the moment, so what will you do?"
"Truthfully, I don't know. I am too focused on meditating."
"Then, do you want to hear an idea I have?"
"Oh? Tell me."
Zelretch tells him the plan, and after a few seconds, Ryan nods his head and says.
"Are you sure this will work? Also, that plan requires other humans. Where do you want to get them? I don't want you to kidnap someone, you know?"
"Oh, don't worry. There are a lot of worlds that have similar situations to this world, and switching them here will be a piece of cake. However, I need you to act as the hero they need."
"I can do that."
Ryan nods and says.
"Let's do this."
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