Noah paid close attention to the warning, but he had to continue!
Above him, branched on a tree over ten thousand miles tall, an obsidian pocket dimension hung like rotten fruit. The Primordial Stone Ape slumbered within,
unaware that its eons of existence were about to end.
At such a moment...he felt his existence buzz on edge.
WARNING: Predator Detected!
JAn Early Creature has locked onto your signature]
Distance: 47 Fold Light Years and closing
Estimated arrival: 13 seconds at current approach speed
It's also tracking 6 other fleeing tribe members
You're just one stop on its murder tour
Urgency flooded through Noah's system like liquid lightning.
With a bellow that carried tyrannical defiance, he exploded with the borrowed power of an Early Creature- one quadrillion in complexity made manifest
through will and desperation.
The Goad materialized in his grip, and reality shifted into slow motion as if existence itself wanted to properly witness what was about to occur.
Noah locked onto the pocket dimension above, his perception penetrating through dimensional walls to see the sleeping ape within. Then, with motion that seemed both instantaneous and eternal, he struck.
The Goad transformed as it moved. What had been a simple stick became a monument to violence- twenty thousand miles of crystallized authority, twice as massive as the ancient tree it targeted.
Trillions of golden-white lightning arcs danced across its surface, each one carrying enough power to rewrite and educate existence!
In the space of a single second that felt like a lifetime, the cosmic weapon connected with the pocket dimension. But this wasn't mere physical impact... the Goad imposed an existential truth upon reality.
Existential education being imposed
Truth being imposed: "What lies within must emerge to die"]
Reality's resistance: Negligible]
Pocket dimension integrity: Compromised
Contents: About to have a very bad day
HUUM!
The pocket dimension split like overripe fruit, and the Primordial Stone Ape materialized in regular space-time.
Its fur gleamed stellar white, each strand containing enough complexity to birth civilizations. Its eyes...ancient beyond measure, opened in shock that something had dared disturb its slumber.
Those eyes had exactly 0.0001 seconds to process the situation before the Goad completed its arc.
EXISTENTIAL TRUTH ESTABLISHED
The Primordial Stone Ape will be taught instant death
Lesson duration: Instantaneous
Retention rate: Not applicable (student soon to be deceased)|
Grade: A+ for execution, F for survival]
WAA!
The massive form bisected perfectly, the Goad having cut through existence itself rather than mere flesh.
The two halves of the ape hung in space for a moment, its complexity, nearly one quadrillion...decimated in an instant by borrowed power wielded with desperate precision.
BOOM!
The sound arrived after the fact, reality catching up to what had already occurred.
MONUMENTAL HUNT ACHIEVEMENT
[Target eliminated: 780 Trillion Complexity entity
Method: Overwhelming force + existential education
Time elapsed: 1.3 seconds from arrival to kill
Efficiency rating: "Disgustingly effective"]
Effort recognized by Perpetual Harvest
Even with borrowed power, this required tremendous effort
Principle maturation accelerated]
Seed of Perpetual Harvest: 2.1% > 3%
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