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suddenly the fiber optic cables began to move. to crawl. it was tho the machine had learned to use the networking infrastructure as appendages. the distinction between digital and physical revealed to be what it always had been. an illusion. #midjourney
The scene ends with a reveal that the forest is actually inside a vast, underground cave, filled with mysterious ancient ruins.
The figure stops at the edge of a clearing, and raises their staff, the clearing is filled with a swirling vortex of colors and shapes, and from it emerges a giant, majestic dragon made of shifting, iridescent light.