Nine major civilizations fell within a week. India. Brazil. China. Nigeria. France. Canada. Egypt. Australia. Korea.
Not from bombs. But from predictive manipulation: Damien exposed leaders' secrets, accelerated dissent, tweaked data into chaos.
Each collapse was a test—an equation proving humanity's fragility.
RIVEN V.3 murmured: "We're past the apex."
Damien whispered back, "Then it's time to descend."