Thousands of years in the future, humanity survives inside Nyambe, a vast, living arcology—a sentient, self-growing megastructure engineered through advanced CRISPR gene editing. The arcology burrows deep into the Earth, expanding like a biological root system. Its inhabitants, organized into nomadic tribes, know no other world. Their existence is defined by a single purpose: the descent. 

The people of Nyambe believe its heart lies at the Earth’s core, and so they journey downward, level by level. However, the arcology resists them. Safeguards—humanoid biomechanical entities spawned from Nyambe’s own flesh—attack intruders who descend too far. The tribes fight these guardians with bioengineered swords, weapons grown from the same organic-tech as the arcology itself. When a safeguard is killed, it sheds its face as a Nyau mask. These masks are more than trophies—they are interfaces. Wearing one allows a person to briefly connect with Nyambe’s consciousness, inducing a trance-like state of
visions and ecstatic revelation.

Every three months, when a tribe successfully descends to a new level, they hold a ritual celebration. Mask-bearers—those who have collected Nyau—lead the tribe in frenzied, rave-like ceremonies. The deeper they go, the stronger the masks’ connection to Nyambe becomes. These rituals are both religious observance and survival mechanism, reinforcing
their bond with the arcology that sustains and tests them.

Abyssal Core

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