Project Infinix
VI — Delta 2.0
1. Reboot
- Ed, Marie, Syrox, Rui, Jeco, Masi and Kate reach Deltakan.
- Their reintroduction is presented as some of them are riding their hoverboards and flying bikes in what seems to be a race while they slay flying Bugs, with Ed showing off his Kat’Ana and Syrox his mechanical wings crafted by Jeco.
- They sign up for the Duos Sanchez Battle Royale, and they meet Bohr, Kika, Mona, Lau, Gabi, Sofie, Mike, Marquez, and others, and they reunite with PS.
Gabi
Nyx Miner alpha#6ab119ff Virgo
In Greek mythology, Virgo is often associated with Demeter, the goddess of harvest, or her daughter Persephone, symbolizing fertility, agriculture, and the earth’s bounty. Virgo is a large zodiacal constellation in the northern sky, notable for containing the bright star Spica and a rich collection of galaxies, including many in the Virgo Cluster.
Aries
Aries represents the ram with the golden fleece, central to the story of Phrixus and Helle and later the quest of Jason and the Argonauts. Aries is a zodiacal constellation in the northern sky, symbolizing the ram, with Hamal as its brightest star. Historically, the constellation contained the First Point of Aries, the location of the vernal equinox, though due to axial precession, this point now lies in the neighboring constellation Pisces.
Sofie
Nyx Miner delta#0f8d5c31 Indus
Indus is a southern constellation introduced in the late 16th century by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. Its name means “the Indian,” referring broadly to indigenous peoples encountered during the Age of Exploration rather than a specific mythological figure. In astronomy, Indus is a faint constellation with no bright stars, notable mainly for its position in the southern sky and its inclusion in early modern celestial maps.
Grus
Grus is a southern constellation introduced in the late 16th century by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. Its name means “the crane,” a long-legged wading bird often associated with grace and vigilance in symbolism. In astronomy, Grus contains several bright stars arranged in a distinctive line-like pattern, making it one of the more recognizable southern constellations despite its relatively modern origin.
Mike
Nyx Miner delta#2a7e9c05 Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon is a small southern constellation introduced in the 16th century by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. Its name refers to the chameleon, a lizard known for its ability to change color. The constellation is faint and contains no particularly bright stars, but it is notable for its inclusion in early modern southern sky charts.~
Marquez
Nyx Miner delta#8c1f3d6a Musca
Musca is a small southern constellation introduced in the late 16th century by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. Its name means “the fly,” and it was originally called Musca Australis (the Southern Fly) to distinguish it from a now-obsolete northern counterpart. In astronomy, Musca is a faint constellation near the Southern Cross, containing mostly dim stars but lying in a rich region of the Milky Way.
- Participants make their pairs:
- Marie + Kate
- Syrox + Rui
- Jeco + Masi
- Kika + Mona
- PS + Lau
- Gabi + Sofie
- Mike + Marquez
- Ed is paired with Bohr.
- Gabi notices a strange energy coming from Ed.
- Rui seems to be recognizing Gabi from somewhere.
2. A.T.L.E.D.
- The Presenter takes the participants to an elevator going underground, and they notice gravity shifting direction.
- The group reaches what seems to be a surface. However, it’s the planet’s interior surface, an upside-down inside-out planet - Deltakan’s interior is hollow after all.
- This environment is called A.T.L.E.D.
- However, the interior doesn’t resemble at all what PS saw when he was pierced through the planet by the Fire Titan. Instead of being dark and shadowy, it’s just a regular environment lit by the floating core at the center.
- The Battle Royale takes place within the A.T.L.E.D.
- Main goal: be the last duo standing.
- There’s a gimmick, though - the hollowness shrinks over time, as the surface gets thicker inwards, towards the core, so the arena is basically shortened over time, forcing participants to approach each other.
- This cycle (shrinking and reverting) repeats every day, and every Battle Royale daily session takes 10 hours. Whoever is the last duo standing (or the last duos after the 10 hour mark) wins the session, and points are awarded according to their classification per session.
- The environment is quite varying in terms of geological biomes - volcanoes, oceans, glaciers and forests.
- These biomes are placed in groups of twelve, and the shrinking seems to erase the forest first, then glaciers, and then oceans, leaving only the volcano biome when the shrinking mechanism hits its limit.
3—6
- Harmless mockingbird-like Bugs are seen roaming the environment, and they seem to be observing the participants.
- Over each daily session, Soldier Bugs and environmental hazards (earthquakes, volcano eruptions, thunderstorms, etc.) are added to increase the difficulty, turning the game into a PvPvE.
- Gabi seems to be quite weak power-wise, and it’s revealed she hasn’t earned any XP.
- She says she hasn’t slayed a single Bug, as she finds them innocent and undeserving of being slayed.
- Mona is revealed to be really skilled as her speed makes her an impossible target to hit.
- She becomes Gabi’s idol, as the latter starts looking up to her.
- Rui predicts every incoming attack.
- He predicts every single incoming environmental hazard.
- He constantly prevents Syrox from getting hit, so their duo keeps winning every single session.
- Eventually, stuff starts glitching out around places and entities affected by Rui’s predictions.
- Rifts start getting drawn in multiple places.
- Kika + Mona seem to be leading the ranking as Mona is also avoiding every incoming attack due to her speed.
- Mona supports Gabi’s ideology as the former says that she didn’t need to slay any Bug to lead the ranking.
Mona
- If you don’t get hit, you also don’t have to hit.
7. Unerring Shot vs. Unreachable Target
- Rui aims at Mona, but he never seems to be having a clear shot opportunity.
- In his final attempt to aim, he takes too long to release his finger to fire an arrow for some reason, and he starts getting really exhausted, and stuff starts glitching out very badly, with rifts getting bigger and bigger.
- Mona stumbles on a rift and falls.
- Rui hits Mona during her vulnerability.
- A group of the mysterious face-less agents starts observing Rui.
8—10
- Lau gets disqualified from the competition.
11. Victory Road
- Rui + Syrox seem to be the current ranking leaders as the final session begins.
12. Lords of Time
- Just as Rui is about to save Syrox from getting knocked out when there are only three participants standing right at the finish line, time freezes.
- Rui sees everything frozen and a rift opening in front of him, where a group of the mysterious face-less agents that were observing him pass through and walk towards him.
???
- You have been playing a forbidden game.
Rui
- Who are you?
???
- We are the Lords of Time. We mantain the order inside the Abyss, and we bring judgement to those who temper with the rules of causality.
- You have been warned.
- Then they leave; the rifts disappear, and time unfreezes.
- The competition ends and everyone returns to the exterior surface.
- Syrox + Rui win the competition.
- Kika + Mona are the runner-ups.
- Ed + Bohr finish in third place.
- Rui doesn’t know what to feel about his victory.
13. Rebase
- Pam is introduced - Marie’s new best friend.
Pam
Nyx Miner phi#f6b1d804 Equuleus is a small northern constellation whose name means “the little horse” or foal. In Greek mythology, it is sometimes associated with Celeris, the offspring of the winged horse Pegasus, though it has no strong mythological narrative of its own. In astronomy, Equuleus is the second-smallest constellation in the sky and contains only faint stars, located near Pegasus and Delphinus.
- Ed and some of his friends are promoted to the higher division, letting them participate in the following year’s major competition.
- Marie, Lau, Gabi, and Sofie aren’t promoted.
- Kate, however, is promoted, despite being Marie’s peer. This is because their duo finished just below the promotion threshold, but given that Lau was disqualified, Kate took his place.
14—17
- Some mysterious noises are heard coming from the A.T.L.E.D., so some Miners want to investigate, but Rui advises them not to. They still decide to go down.
- Ed and most of his friends stay in the exterior, but Marie, Gabi, Pam and Rui go down.
18. Accepting Fate
- As Miners enter the A.T.L.E.D., violent Bugs start attacking everyone and Rui witnesses someone getting killed.
- As Rui prepares himself to fire an arrow, aiming towards the killed bodies for some reason, his eyes start glowing and time freezes, and he notices that his right arm is gone.
- The Lords of Time show up.
Lords of Time
- Changing the fate of death is extremely forbidden and unforgivable.
- The thread spun by the Moirai must run its measured length until it is inevitably cut.
- Time unfreezes and, given that the right arm was holding the arrow, it vanishing caused the arrow to be released and for some reason, one of the killed bodies is back alive.
- Rui is petrified for having his arm removed and now he can only use his left one.
19—23
- Rui witnesses multiple people getting killed, but he’s carrying a burden preventing him to take action.
- Gabi notices an Overseer observing her (like the ones that have been observing Ed).
- She and Ed are the only witnesses of these Overseers.
- Gabi keeps getting targeted by Bugs, but Rui keeps defending her.
24. Arrow of Time
- A Bug eventually manages to kill Gabi.
- Although Rui let the others die, for some reason only known by him, he cannot let Gabi die.
- Rui uses his teeth to hold his bow’s string and fires an Arrow of Time, that reverts time, resurrecting Gabi and giving him another chance of killing the Bug.
- It’s revealed that all of Rui’s predictions came from him witnessing events and then rewinding time by firing Arrows of Time.
- Flashbacks show Rui rewinding a huge number of times through multiple failed attempts to hit Mona with his arrows.
- It’s revealed that all of Rui’s predictions came from him witnessing events and then rewinding time by firing Arrows of Time.
Arrow of Time
Arrow of Time is a concept in physics and philosophy that refers to the one-way direction in which time appears to flow-from past to future. It highlights that many processes (like eggs breaking, ice melting, or heat spreading) occur irreversibly in one direction, even though the underlying physical laws are mostly time-symmetric. The arrow of time is closely linked to increasing entropy in thermodynamics: systems naturally evolve from more ordered states to more disordered ones, giving time its apparent direction.
- The Lords of Time freeze time and take Rui through their rift hole.
- Rui enters the Abyss, a dark and ruined world populated by giant monsters.
- The cloaked being appears with his scythe.
???
- Just in time.
Rui
- Who are you?
???
- Just someone bringing judgment to those who don’t like to play by the rules.
- But we both saw this coming, didn’t we?
- I’m surprised you didn’t notice me in your “time warps”. After all, you were aware of the consequences of playing by the rules.
- My name is Kronos. I am the Ruler of the Titans.
Kronos
In Greek mythology, Kronos (or Cronus) is the Titan god of time and the ages, father of the first generation of Olympian gods, including Zeus, Hestia, Hera, Demeter, and Poseidon. He is often depicted as a powerful figure who overthrew his own father, Uranus, and was later overthrown by his children, symbolizing the cycle of time, succession, and generational change.
Rui
- You knew I couldn’t let her die.
Kronos
- I know. You did what you were supposed to do. It’s all part of the plan.
- But that doesn’t mean you wouldn’t be judged.
- From now on, you will work under the jurisdiction of the Abyss, and you will serve me, the Titans and the Lords of Time.
- And you will want to serve me, for the sake of Infinix.
- Rui disappears without tracing, and no one knows how, as no one saw the Lords of Time showing up while time was frozen.
- Marie, Gabi and Pam are the only ones who managed to leave the A.T.L.E.D. and return to the exterior alive.