"Hmm, I think it is starting." Alfin though, his eyes shining with pale light while a small smile formed on his mouth. The nanite plague. A familiar-sounding name and people might mistake it for the nanite serum used in the externalist system.
But the organisms in this nanite plague were neither organic nor inorganic. The only reason it even got its name was due to its unique physiology and its small size.
They were a rare metal-based lifeform that had been hiding in the heart of the planet for a long time, biding its time.
As for why no one in this world found their existence in all their excavation to the heart of the planet, no one knew the real answer.
The only thing they knew was that these organisms were ancient and had been living in the core for a long time.
But nothing remains the same for long, these nano metal-based organisms that have lived in the heart of the planet for so long were back on the surface.
Or so most players thought early on.