You near the unimaginably large chain. It’s solid and reflective, unlike the walls made of code. It’s still the color of old blood, but seems to be made of some sort of metal, possibly.

Unsure what else to do, you gently reach out to touch the chain to see what it’s made of. You remember you don’t have a body, but somehow you were still able to interact with the chain as you imagined touching it. A small ripple explodes out from where you intended to touch it, a wave of movement flowing down the chain to the center along the surface. It almost seems like the chain may be made of liquid, maybe it really is made of old blood.

You feel a bit nervous about whatever it is at the end of the chain feeling the movement from when you touched it, kind of like a spider feeling movement on a spider web. However, you probably have some time before the wave of movement reaches all the way to the center. You try-

CRACK

Reality suddenly snaps around you, the weight of some force on you. You feel yourself squeezed down into the size of a marble. The weight of a gaze of… Something focuses on you, nearly crushing you with just the force of it’s attention.

You feel a flow of thoughts and intentions slither into your mind, and feel yourself being pulled to the center. You barely have a sense of self, overflowing with alien thoughts you can’t comprehend. You begin to see something as you near the core, it’s-

[SYSTEM ERROR]

[SYSTEM ERROR]

[SYSTEM ERROR]

You:
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