🟣 Inside the Egg —Alex drifted in a strange calm.
He wasn't asleep, but he wasn't awake either. His mind floated inside the dense, fluid space of the unborn serpent's body — coiled in layers of something massive and quiet.
There was no sky, no ground.Only silence.And the gentle rhythm of a heartbeat that wasn't his… or maybe, now, it was.
Then —
🔔 [Skill Unlocked: Eye of Void — Tier 1]✨ You have awakened a Lineage Skill: Voidborn (Descendant of Niddhog)
🧿 Skill: Eye of Void (Tier 1)
🔹 Type: Passive / Active🔹 Racial Trait: Exclusive to Voidborn (Direct Descendants of Niddhog)
🌀 Passive Effect:Allows the user to instantly perceive the true essence, nature, and origin of any object, creature, or material within their perception.
🍽️ Active Effect – Devour Scan:Focus on any item or being to assess its edibility, danger level, and potential benefit or toxicity to Voidborn physiology.
📜 Lore:
Long ago, during the Primordial Devour Era, Niddhog, the great World Serpent, roamed the roots of Yggdrasil, swallowing anything that existed. But when he consumed something forbidden—something so vile it caused even his eternal body to suffer—he learned a painful truth: not everything in the cosmos is meant to be devoured.
To ensure his descendants would not repeat his mistake, Niddhog extracted this painful experience from his soul and shaped it into a divine instinct — the Eye of Void. This gift was passed down only to his direct bloodline, allowing them to peer through reality and know what should be consumed… and what should be feared.
Alex didn't react. Not at first.But something inside him shifted.
It wasn't loud.Not a dramatic burst of power or vision.
Just a quiet awareness —the kind that unfolds like a curtain being drawn slowly to reveal what was always there.
At first, it was the walls around him.
The egg.
He hadn't noticed it before — not really. But now, he could see it in layers: not just as a surface, but as something alive. Its fibers, its essence, its purpose — all gently glowing in his mind without effort.
Object: World Serpent Egg Shell▪️ Composition: Cosmic Chitin▪️ Purpose: Protective Barrier▪️ State: Cracked▪️ Origin: Direct offspring of World Devourer, Tier-0 Embryonic Layer
He blinked — or, rather, felt like blinking.He hadn't "looked" at it.He'd simply known it.
That was the Eye of Void — not just a skill, but a way of seeing the world differently. Passively, it whispered truths to him — about things, about origins, about hidden potentials.
It was like the world had always been talking.He had just never been able to understand it.
Curious now, he narrowed his attention, and this time… chose to focus.
🔘 [Devour Scan: Active Use Initiated]
A ripple passed through the space around him. The shell pulsed, and information poured in:
🔍 Scan CompleteItem: Egg Shell (Residual Layer)▪️ Edibility: ✔ Edible▪️ Effect if Consumed:➤ +30% soul-body synchronization➤ Strengthens racial bond➤ Minor resistance to cosmic toxins
Recommended: Devour to accelerate full integration
"…So even the shell is useful," Alex murmured in his mind.
A coil of his serpent form uncurled.Slowly, almost instinctively, he drew a fragment of the egg shell into himself.
Warmth.Power.Balance.
It spread through him like a quiet hum — a stabilizing pull that grounded his foreign soul into this massive, alien body.
⚡ [Body Synchronization: 62% → 74% → 86%]
He could feel it now.He wasn't just inside the serpent.He was the serpent.
Then, without warning —
⚠️ [System Alert]Unauthorized racial override detected.
The player has forcibly possessed a race outside the allowed selection pool.
🛑 Penalty Applied: The possessed form is now permanently locked into its racial class. No external class selection is possible.
🏆 Rare Achievement Unlocked:Title: System Breaker (EX Rank)
✨ Effect: All core stats are multiplied by the number of times the system limit has been broken.➤ Current multiplier: x2
"You are no longer just a player. You are a variable."
Alex raised an eyebrow.
"Huh. That's… actually kind of awesome."
He closed the prompt. There wasn't anything to do now but wait.
Inside the egg, power kept gathering. Slowly. Silently.He could feel it building, as if the creature's instinct to hatch was syncing with his will.
Suddenly, something shifted. A faint tremor.A crack.
Alex felt it, not with his ears, but with his whole being.
Then—