Just before the End of the End Times, the heat sink that was keeping the Terran Ecumenopolis going finally collapsed. It was a long time coming as Methuselah the Machine Intelligence had been “dead” for centuries. Earth became a hellscape, not just physically but also spiritually. Hell had expanded to most of Earth, and humanity were now reduced to a few megacities. But one shouldn’t feel bad for them, as men in the Post-Imperial Age were prideful and had done evil in the sight of the Lord.