"New York," Nick repeated. "It's huge."
"It's over 50 kilometers across, and we have found ruins of buildings that were up to ten kilometers high," Simon said.
"Ten kilometers?!" Nick repeated in shock.
"The technology level of the Ancient Ones was unfathomable," Simon said, "and most shocking of all was that they achieved all of this in just 5,000 years or so. The Ancient Ones used to record their history in years, and the latest records have been written sometime within the 5,500s in their calendar."
Simon frowned. "We even saw records of weapons that had the power to destroy the world."
"How?" Nick asked.
"It was some kind of gigantic cannon that fired some kind of machine that could dig into the core of the planet before detonating with tons upon tons of something they called antimatter. The explosion would destroy the core, which would result in the entire world collapsing in on itself and breaking apart."
