A distorted picture of The Beast, found on a lost phone in Level ∞
The Infinity Beast is a hostile and extremely dangerous entity exclusive to Level 50.
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Appearance
The Beast takes the appearance of a goat-headed human. The head has an infinity symbol where one would expect a third eye to be. The skin of The Beast cycles colors over 40 second periods.
Encountering
The Infinity Beast has a chance to appear once the 50th stage of the level is beaten.
First Encounter
The probability of The Beast appearing is 1 in 25 for every stage entered past 50. When this happens, the entire level will start to change color faintly, cycling through the entire rainbow over 640 seconds. The Beast then materializes in the center of the stage, with anything in its direct spawn area being sent to Level -2 with a massive sanity penalty. If The Beast is not slain within a time ranging from 30 seconds to 3 minutes, it vanishes and newer stages can be accessed. Once this has happens, all entities in the upcoming stages are replaced by larger, more aggressive variants which are red in color.
Second Encounter
The Infinity Beast cannot be encountered for another 10 stages, after which it has a 1 in 7 probability of appearing each stage after that. If this is triggered, The Beast spawns similarly in a corner of the stage with the same transportation and sanity effect. The fight is similar to the first, except the time limit is extended, ranging from 4 to 8 minutes. Clipping is also not possible at this point, and is impossible in any stage beyond this, sealing everyone at a point of no return. Attempting to clip will feel like you are floating, although nothing actually happens.
Third Encounter
Every stage after the second encounter has a 1 in 121 probability of housing The Beast's third and final encounter. If the Beast is not encountered by stage 500 due to sheer bad luck, everyone is sent to Level 0, the requirements for Level 49 become significantly harder, however, all three of The Beast's encounters will happen in order starting from stage 1 the next time Level 50 is entered. The fight has several differences to the first and second, the most noticeable being the extended time period, which ranges from 2 to 8 hours, depending on how vigorously The Beast is being attacked. If the time limit is exhausted, The Beast disappears forever and Level 49 will collapse out of existence, making Level 50 and The Beast permanently accessible unless the laptop in The Beginning is used, which can create an entrance in The Debug Room.
In Battle
Despite being of a similar size to human beings, it is one of the toughest entities to defeat.
The Beast is extremely fast, reaching a speed of 50 mph when charging head-on. It also has ridiculously high endurance, seeming to never run out of energy unless constantly charging for hours.
The Beast can sprout horns at will, which are razor sharp and will tear its unfortunate tear victims to shreds.
The Beast is very proficient at hand-to-hand combat and is extremely strong, being able to fend off tens of humans at a time without a weapon. The Beast's superhuman strength enables it to toss victims several meters and break bones with ease. The Beast is also intelligent and can recognize human weapons. Upon noticing, it will actively try to disarm humans and either destroy the weapon or use it against them, depending on the power of the weapon.
The Beast also boasts high resilience, its skin being completely resistant to bladed weapons and bullets, much like the animals in Level -4. Attempting to hit its head will activate the infinity sign and cause it to act as a temporary singularity, drawing in the weapon and depositing it in a random location in Level ∞. For this reason, The Beast must be dealt with using heavy brute force weapons, like hammers. It is speculated that mysterious entity weapons, such as The Conductor's silver blade, may also be able to kill The Beast.
The Beast will constantly be trying to disappear from battle, but is unable to without sufficient energy. Constantly attacking the beast while baiting its own attacks delays the rate at which it produces its own energy. As The Beast produces energy, it produces an aura. This aura has both a short range effect and a long range effect. The short range effect deprives humans of their sanity, and may cause them to turn on their fellow fighters given sufficient exposure. The long range effect causes an acceleration of hunger and thirst, causing rapid exhaustion if large amounts of food and Almond Water are not available.
The Beast attacks either by charging or by simple physical force whilst unarmed. If cleverly baited into a charge, one can attempt to shoot off its sharp horns, rendering its attack much less destructive.
The following voice recording was taken by an insane explorer before requesting to be mercy-killed to avoid the fate of turning into an Insanity:
'Do not attack.... head unless..... horns.... Don't let...... it single.... you out....... Drop out........ take turns with comrade....... Color skin cause craziness..... Become like me'
The True End
See The True End