The Veilwalker

in the following millennia that followed, humans had reached the peak of technological advancement in all fields of science―from engineering, computing, biological and chemical. The issue of food and diseases was eliminated. At their height of growth and enlightenment, the interstellar era began.

Humans had achieved hyperspace travelling technology that made space exploration and colonization possible. Quickly colonizing their immediate solar system and expanding from there, humans began exploring the rest of the galaxy as well as the nearby ones.

Advancements in cosmology have confirmed the presence of other lifeforms in the Milky Way galaxy and the nearby ones. The lifeforms found turned out to be other humans just like them and two variants that were also humans.

Though initially hindered by the barrier of communication and conflicting interests, humans were able to establish some decorum of an alliance, a fragile one, but still one, nonetheless.

The two new species of humans they came across were the One-horned humans and the Dark sclera humans. These humans had similar physical features to themselves except for the five-inch pointed horn on their foreheads. While not much of a difference, this horn feature could absorb solar radiation to strengthen them.

In all aspects of physicals―strength, speed, stamina, reaction time― these one-horned humans were superior. And to top that off, they had an average height of 2 metres when they hit adulthood. They were fighters and had a similar level of advancement.

The Dark sclera humans were in all aspects just like the Earth humans but had eyes with the sclera being a shiny dark. This feature of theirs granted them the ability to see the entire electromagnetic spectrum. Along with this feature came a level of intelligence that was difficult to beat. Technologically, they were more advanced than the Earth humans.

Enhanced vision, scientific discoveries, gaining insights into the intricate mechanisms of life processes, security protocols and surveillance, navigation and transportation, communication and data transfer were their major breakthroughs. However, this particular breed of humans preferred keeping to themselves and only expanding in their solar system.

After a few years of interaction between these human species, they were able to overcome the language barriers by creating a universal language suitable for everyone to adopt. But like all good things that come by, bad things follow. As history tends to repeat itself, the greed and ambitions of some beings led them to try and do the impossible―take over all the other races by force.

This brought about an era of galactic warfare. The destruction brought about by the fighting claimed lives in the trillions, and planets were pushed out of their orbits, disrupting the harmony of solar systems.

In the following hundreds of years that followed, the conflicts were brought to a halt when their own universe brought upon them disasters, they had no hope of quelling if they continued to fight.

A phenomenon that was later to be known as a cosmic mana wave washed over the universe, displacing galaxies―violent collision events, the destruction of stars, blackholes, and the loss of trillions of lifeforms across the multiple galaxies the humans had colonized, and the appearance of new lifeforms already devoid of any life and had no idea where they came from.

Creatures of unknown origin―Void, coming in all shapes, sizes and strength levels destroyed and devoured all things they came across.

These cosmic mana waves revealed tears in the spacetime barrier where these void creatures came out from. These veil tears also culminated into unique spaces filled with the essence of these void creatures and energy of unheard-of levels. No one that had ventured into these spaces lived long enough to tell the tail. It supported no forms of life.

This raised the question of where exactly the void creatures came from.

Humanity, seeing how pushed back they were, decided to band together to create a utopia where the remaining galaxies somehow still intact into a galactic empire. With their combined strength, they fought back but with little success.

When humanity reached the height of their despair, the same phenomenon that brought new and strange energy into their universe also imparted magical abilities to some of the surviving humans. With their newfound strength and magical abilities―abilities that were once only works of fiction were now a thing of reality, humans were finally able to fight the void creatures.

The influx of this new form of energy birth new and unique resources like precious metals, plants with special properties and new universal regions rich in these resources waiting to be discovered.

With these abilities came the curiosity to know. As they began fighting back, they learnt of the biology of their new abilities and the void creatures. The void creatures were not much of a lifeform as a form of energy taking shape. How they function and thrive was a mystery. However, these creatures when they die leave behind a body that was a treasure trove of resources.

The bodies of the void creatures could be used to create weapons, ships, combat suits, and a whole lot of other applications.

The fluid they had within them which humans assumed to be blood came with all kinds of attributes of the elements―fire, water, wind, metal, earth, lightning, healing and all kinds of attributes. Attributes that when implemented into their technology and weapons produced a greater effect overall. Along with this was their core―a solid amalgamation of their energy.

A small core from a low-level void beast was enough to power a huge spaceship as well as its ability to perform hyperjumps that covered millions of light years in one.

After years of fighting, growth and development, humanity had managed to create a decent level of order in the chaos that was their universe.