Soul of Searing Steel - Chapter 978 - Formless Signs

... t no signs.

In a place where none expected, something suddenly appeared, self-replicating and gradually spreading beyond.

From simple to complex, from mild to hostile, from harmless to lethal…

It continued to spread away, reaching out and breeding in ever elaborate and clever ways, consuming all that existed in the world, in the name of their own continuity.

The first time that the Mycroftians were made aware of that ...