With the coming of Qi, the world changed.
However, the world did not change all at once. There was no single explosion that shook the planet, no announcement from the heavens declaring that humanity had entered a new age, and no brilliant flash of light that suddenly transformed ordinary people into extraordinary beings. The change began so quietly that most of humanity remained completely unaware of it.
At first, the changes were so subtle that they could easily be dismissed as coincidences. A few athletes performed slightly better than expected. Some patients recovered from injuries a little faster than doctors anticipated. Certain plants grew unusually quickly, while animals in isolated regions began displaying strange increases in strength and vitality. None of these incidents were extraordinary enough to immediately attract global attention.
Then the changes became more frequent.
