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Chapter 2 - OMNIVORE OVERLORD

OPENING SCENE: "THE LAST HUMAN CITY"

(EXT. RUINED NEW SHANGHAI - NIGHT)

RAIN SLASHES through the corpse of a skyscraper. A FROSTFANG WOLF (30ft tall, jagged ice armor) crushes a tank underfoot, its howl making BLOOD DRIP FROM SOLDIERS' EARS.

In the shadows: KAEL ARDENT (28, scarred, eyes burning with survival instinct) watches his squad die.

CAPTAIN RAEL (impaled on ice shard) gurgles: "Run... you coward..."

Kael doesn't run.

He charges—rusty plasma cutter raised—

—when a MECHANICAL VOICE echoes in his skull:

"DING! HOST MORTALITY RATE: 99.9%. ACTIVATING ABYSSAL EVOLUTION SYSTEM."

The world TURNS BLUE with holographic text:

[FROSTFANG WOLF - TIER 1]

Weakness: FIRE

Kael's plasma cutter SPARKS against a fuel canister—

CUT TO BLACK.

BOOM.

TITLE CARD: "OMNIVORE OVERLORD"

ACT 1: "THE FIRST HUNGER"

(MONTAGE: Kael's transformation)

HELLFIRE TOUCH UNLOCKED (Violet flames engulf his arms)

BEASTFORM MUTATION (Chitin armor bursts from his back)

PHASE WALK FRAGMENT (2.3 seconds of ghostly invincibility)

(INT. BLACKFANG BUNKER - WAR ROOM)

DIRECTOR MOREAU (50s, cold elegance) watches holograms of Kael's rampage.

CAPTAIN LEON (cybernetic arm sparking): "He's not human anymore."

Moreau smiles: "Good. We need monsters to fight monsters."

Her screen shows: A CRYSTAL HEART pulsing underground.

CUT TO:

(EXT. ABYSSAL RIFT - NIGHT)

Kael stands at the edge. The GIRL (LYRA) (ageless, violet eyes) appears beside him.

LYRA: "Jump."

He does.

ACT 2: "THE BANQUET OF BROKEN GODS"

(SURREAL SEQUENCE: THE KING'S REALM)

Kael and Lyra FALL THROUGH:

A LIBRARY where books scream when opened

A BALLROOM full of waltzing skeletons

An OCEAN of liquid time

They crash onto a MARBLE FLOOR MADE OF TONGUES.

THE LAST TRUE KING (indescribable, crown of black holes) smiles:

"Welcome to the tasting menu."

SERVANTS (faces stretched like taffy) bring:

SOUP that shows Kael's abandoned life

A ROAST of his throne-bound self

A TEARDROP that could unmake creation

KAEL: "I don't do fine dining."

He BITES THE KING'S HAND.

The realm SCREAMS.

ACT 3: "THE GOD THAT GNAWS"

(EXT. DEAD DIMENSION - BATTLE)

THE GRAND GOURMET (goddess in a dress of dying stars) EATS KAEL'S HEART—

—and CHOKES as the SEED'S ROOTS burst from her eyes.

LYRA: (grinning) "Oops. You ate the wrong god."

The Gourmet DISSOLVES INTO FLOWERS.

Kael's HOLLOW CHEST now grows a REALITY-BLOSSOM.

LYRA: "Now we harvest the gardener."

CUT TO SPACE:

A MAKER'S EYE opens.

CLIMAX: "HARVEST TIME"

(COSMIC BATTLE SEQUENCE)

Kael PHASE WALKS THROUGH:

A SUN'S CORONA

The CONCEPT OF GRAVITY

A MAKER'S DREAM

He BITES its HEART—

—and the UNIVERSE SCREAMS BLUE.

FADE TO WHITE.

EPILOGUE: "THE NEW GARDEN"

(EXT. REBORN NEW SHANGHAI - DAWN)

Kael stands atop a SKYSCRAPER MADE OF BONE, Lyra beside him.

The REALITY-BLOSSOM in his chest sings.

LYRA: "What now?"

Kael smiles, FANGS GLINTING:

"We plant."

CREDITS ROLL with POST-CREDIT TEASE:

The Eclipse King's SINGING CORPSE floats past a NEW THRONE...

...with LYRA'S FINGERPRINTS on the armrests.

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