Chapter 1: Awakening of the Devourer

In the desolate expanse of Xyloth-9, where the air hung heavy with the acrid scent of alien flora, a tremor resonated through the barren landscape. The ground cracked, revealing ancient fissures that whispered of eons-long slumber disturbed.

Beneath the violet skies, a creature emerged from the depths of oblivion. His form was small and unassuming against the cosmic backdrop.

The creature's tentacled appendages unfurled as it rose from the fractured ground. Its ever-shifting exoskeleton emitted an otherworldly glow, reflecting the alien light of Xyloth-9.

Its three eyes, orbs of cosmic malevolence, gleamed with an unholy awareness as it scoured its surroundings. With a deliberate and almost curious motion, the creature extended its tentacles, feeling the strange energies that permeated the desolation.

The twisted flora that clung to the fractured ground seemed to recoil at its touch as if disturbed by the malevolence that now walked among them. The creature moved through the desolate landscape, its tentacles brushing against the twisted foliage, and its exoskeleton pulsating with an ominous energy.

It reached out to the fractured ground, feeling the ancient scars that marred the surface of Xyloth-9. The tremors beneath its appendages spoke of a planet that bore witness to untold upheaval. As the creature traversed the barren expans,

it encountered peculiar objects scattered across the desolation. Alien remnants of civilizations long forgotten, now reduced to crumbling relics. With an insatiable curiosity, the creature touched these remnants, feeling the residual energies of lives that once thrived in this now desolate landscape. The air crackled with a strange energy as the creature continued its exploration. It approached a cluster of crystalline formations, the remnants of once-majestic structures. With a deliberate touch, the creature shattered the crystalline structures, the echoes of their destruction resonating through the desolation. The creature's three eyes glowed brighter as it beheld the remnants of a long-extinct species.

It approached a petrified forest, where the twisted trees stood as silent witnesses to the passage of cosmic ages. In its unassuming form, the creature touched the petrified bark, absorbing the energy imprinted within the fossilized wood. As it did this, a screen materialized within its consciousness.

[Activating The Infinite Lifespan System] [Activation Complete. Showing Status.] [Name: Zal'thar]

[Age: ]

[Current Lifespan: 10 Days]

[Life Absorbed: 5 Days]

{Quest #1 Raise Lifespan to 1 Year – Reward: Higher Intelligence}

Current Status Incomplete

The three eyes of the creature glowed with an intensified awareness as it looked at the cryptic information displayed. The creature, driven by an innate curiosity, sought to comprehend the nature of these mysterious words. The creature, still unaware of its designation as Zal'thar, continued to absorb the essence of the petrified trees. Each touch, each interaction with the fossilized bark, caused it to feel a cooling sensation. The Infinite Lifespan System notifications that it didn't understand persisted, as the creature kept absorbing tree after tree. As the last remnants of the petrified trees turned to ash, another screen materialized within Zal'thar's consciousness. [Name: Zal'thar] [Age: ] [Current Lifespan: 10 Days] [Life Absorbed: 187 Days] {Quest #1 Raise Lifespan to 1 Year – Reward: Higher Intelligence} Current Status Incomplete The creature's curiosity burning it decided to explore further. It retraced its path to the area where it first awakened, the twisted flora that recoiled at its touch. Now more aware of its actions, the creature extended its tentacles toward the alien plants. One by one, the twisted flora yielded to its touch, their life force absorbed into its being. The creature moved with a semi-deliberate intent, and the very air seemed to vibrate with the exchange of energies. The notification of the Infinite Lifespan System persisted, tallying the days absorbed. After absorbing the essence of the twisted flora, Zal'thar found itself standing amid a field of ash. The Infinite Lifespan System displayed a staggering

count.

[Name: Zal'thar]

[Age: ]

[Current Lifespan: 10 Days]

[Life Absorbed: 692 Days]

{Quest #1 Raise Lifespan to 1 Year – Reward: Higher Intelligence}

Current Status Incomplete

A new notification lingered in Zal'thar's consciousness, different from the previous ones. It asked a question that resonated with cosmic significance. [Add 692 Days to Current Lifespan?] Zal'thar, still driven by an insatiable curiosity, reached out tentatively, intending to explore this foreign prompt. Inadvertently, its tentacle brushed against the word "Yes."

[Adding Days to Lifespan...]

The desolate expanse of Xyloth-9 witnessed an ethereal transformation. Zal'thar's three eyes glowed with newfound awareness as the notification disappeared, and the cosmic essence within it surged. The completion of the first quest unlocked a higher intelligence, and Zal'thar, now fully conscious, stood as a living embodiment of the desolation that surrounded it.

{A/N I know it sounds a bit complicated and bad but it gets better from chapter 4}