Away from The Infiniverse.
In the Transcendent Elemental Folds.
They appeared in a realm of breathtaking, frigid beauty.
Cold as cold could be!
In a small but core region of the Transcendent Elemental Folds.
Here, the very concept of 'cold' was the dominant authority. They stood in a region of beautiful, frozen stellar ice and snow.
Rivers of what looked like liquid frost, carrying shimmering, microscopic stars of ice, flowed through a void that was a deep, velvety black.
The silence was absolute, the kind of quiet that feels like a physical presence.
The moment they arrived, Noah's eyes flashed with a vibrant blue light. Countless data streams, overlays, and analytical readouts from RUIN/EDEN flooded his vision, a constant, real-time dissection of this new environment.
In the far distance, suspended in the silent void, was a grand citadel.