[SYSTEM WARNING]
Next Wave: Incoming
Difficulty: Increased
SYSTEM: ‘You will be teleported to the battlefield.’
(voice-over) The cavern flared as if its stone walls were melting, reality bending like heat waves over desert sand. A cold snap ran up Kaien’s spine. His vision fractured into static, colors bleeding into one another. For a heartbeat, he felt weightless, like his body was both stretched and crushed at once.
... FLASH... (sound effect)
(voice-over) The ground reformed beneath his boots, jagged and alien, carrying the smell of iron and damp earth. The air vibrated. Shadows stirred. From deeper tunnels came skittering noises... louder, heavier than before. The ground cracked as the next swarm appeared. Not rats this time. These were giant centipede-like creatures with a
