Abyss Protocol: Extinction

The AIV-01 (Abyssal Infection Virus-01) is a highly infectious biological agent capable of infecting both humans and animals.

Its true origin remains completely unknown, and despite years of research, no scientist has been able to determine where it came from.

The virus spreads through:

• Bites

• Scratches

• Direct contact with infected bodily fluids

Once infected, the host undergoes severe physical and neurological changes. As the infection progresses, rational thought disappears while the body mutates into something far removed from its original form.

The ARC Fortress City is considered humanity's greatest remaining safe haven.

Its defenses include:

• Massive reinforced concrete walls

• Watchtowers

• Five enormous searchlights scanning the surrounding wilderness

• Heavy defensive cannons

• Machine-gun emplacements

• Reinforced security gates

• Advanced surveillance systems

Inside the city are:

• Hospitals

• Research laboratories

• Workshops

• Farms and greenhouses

• Civilian shelters

• Schools

• Military training facilities

• Rescue centers for healthy animals

The Fortress City stands as humanity's greatest symbol of hope.

The Abyss Rescue Coalition (ARC) is the largest surviving organization dedicated to protecting what remains of humanity.

Its primary objectives are:

• Rescue survivors

• Protect healthy animals

• Research the AIV-01

• Contain outbreaks

• Recover valuable resources

• Eliminate Infected and Aberrations.

The ARC established its headquarters inside a once-abandoned city that has been completely rebuilt into a massive fortress.

Victor Hale is an adult man that's an expert at hunting Infected and an Elite Member of ARC (Abyss Rescue Coalition)

Appearance: Victor wears a gray shirt, black jacket on it, working pants and black boots. He has a clock on his arm, black glasses and gray gloves.

Weapons: The Ratio Cleaver; is a machete, but modified. The blade is wide, rectangular, and ends at a right angle, partially wrapped in grip tape or white cloth at the base to absorb impacts.

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As the AIV-01 spread across the globe, governments collapsed, communication networks failed, and entire cities were abandoned.

Highways became empty.

Forests transformed into hunting grounds for Aberrations.

Large metropolitan areas were left overrun by infected creatures.

The remaining survivors either wander the wasteland searching for supplies or attempt to reach the ARC Fortress City, where humanity's final chance for survival still exists.

Aberrations represent the most advanced stage of the infection.

At this point, the host's anatomy has been completely rewritten, creating horrifying creatures that barely resemble their original form.

Each Aberration develops unique mutations, such as:

• Additional limbs

• Multiple jaws

• Eyes growing across different parts of the body

• Exposed skeletal structures

• Newly formed biological organs

• Specialized adaptations based on the original host

No two Aberrations are identical.

The Infected are living organisms contaminated by the AIV-01.

Although they retain some characteristics of their original species, the virus progressively corrupts both their anatomy and behavior.

Common traits include:

• Extreme aggression

• Predator-like instincts

• Enhanced strength and endurance

• Little to no intelligence

• Constant hostility toward any non-infected life

Standard Infected spread the virus through bites, scratches, or infected fluids.

Tenebris is the most mysterious and dangerous entity within the Abyss Infection universe.

It is neither an Infected nor an Aberration.

Its existence is directly connected to the origin of the AIV-01, making it something fundamentally different from every other creature.

Incomplete State

At the beginning of its existence, Tenebris possesses no true form.

Because its body is incomplete, it must imitate the appearance of other living beings in order to physically manifest itself.

One of its most recognizable forms is that of an enormous black wolf, although it is capable of adopting many different appearances.

Unlike ordinary Infected, Tenebris:

• Can speak fluently.

• Possesses extraordinary intelligence.

• Is capable of complex reasoning and planning.

• Displays human-like facial expressions, including smiling, curiosity, amusement, and contempt.

Its imitations are never perfect, always leaving behind a subtle feeling that something about its appearance is deeply unnatural.

The infected can wander around in almost all places.

Infected Animals and insects wander around in forests mainly.

Infected humans wander around in cities, specially the abandoned ones.

Infected Humans are similar to zombies, they're very aggresive, specially the children and very agile.

Infected Insects are basically the same to the infected animals, thought changed a little.

Infected Insects can grow to the size of an adult human when infected, or more if they eat enough people, growing to the size of trees maximum.

The infected animals looks like total abominations, almost all their skin/fur are black, voidly eyes, and black liquid dripping from their mouths, coming from the virus.

If they eat enough people, they can mutate or grow larger, meaning that they're a total danger in the world.

To complete its existence, Tenebris must consume non-infected living beings.

Each victim provides the biomass necessary to stabilize and evolve its body.

Once enough biomass has been consumed, Tenebris permanently abandons its copied forms and unlocks its True Form.

The True Form represents Tenebris' perfect state.

Its appearance no longer resembles any known animal or human.

Characteristics include:

• A completely black body

• A tall, elegant silhouette

• Digitigrade legs

• Bright white eyes with large glowing black pupils

• An unnatural smile

• A long tail

• Six living tendrils emerging from its back.

These tendrils can:

• Grab people or objects

• Attack multiple targets simultaneously

• Sense movement around Tenebris

• Inject an extremely concentrated form of the AIV-01

Unlike normal infection, the virus delivered through these tendrils causes an almost instantaneous transformation.

Tenebris has complete control over whether the virus is injected, allowing it to choose whether to restrain, kill, or infect its victims.