Monolith

The performer of desires (aka Monolith) is an installation in a Sarcophagus, in the reactor hall of the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. He became the object of legends among most stalkers and the worship of the Monolith group. A psi installation created by the "O-Consciousness" to distract the attention of outsiders trapped inside the Sarcophagus. Its purpose is to lure people with artificial auditory hallucinations with their subsequent death. The crystal itself is a hologram, but its source is unknown Due to the almost complete impossibility of reaching the Monolith, a legend has formed around it, in which the key facts are about extraterrestrial origin, involvement in the emergence and expansion of the Zone, as well as about the fulfillment of desires. The exact principle of operation is not known, but under the Sarcophagus there is a special Monolith control laboratory, which contains six energy blocks that support the operation of the installation [cit. 4]. For remote control, the installation lays down a construction program like antennas made of improvised materials, and in some cases using a special device of unknown principle of operations The monolith has a zombifying effect, being something like a voice in the head and giving orders. The victims of zombification obey him implicitly, protecting and idolizing him, and are chosen from among those people whose brain damage after exposure to a Brain Burner does not exceed certain limits: with severe damage, self-awareness and movement control are more lost. The followers of the Monolith formed their own grouping, naming it after the installation. In 2011, they went to him and came under the zombie influence. Some of them returned to the territories closer to the Army Depots, defending the way to the Monolith. Perhaps excessive fanaticism has become one of the factors in the presence of idolatry after zombification A group that looks more like a religious sect. Its members believe that

This is the legend of the Monolith, which is quite possibly the reason for the emergence of the Zone. In 2006, the Zone exploded, measures were taken and the population around it was evacuated, and the Area was cordoned off by army units. No one knew what was going on, there was panic all around, the Zone was growing, the field laboratories were powerless. A lot of people died inside. Everyone is afraid of radiation, which can cover half of Europe. A few years have passed, the first desperate guys like you have appeared. They called themselves stalkers. They penetrated through the army cordons, believing that there was something in the Zone, something that would bring them wealth. Slowly, strange things began to be dragged out of there, artifacts, for which the race immediately began. The scientists were going crazy, a natural hysteria. They paid a lot of money for one such sample, not like now So, the first stories and legends appeared about what is inside the Zone, near the dilapidated nuclear power plant. Then one of the veterans retold a story he had heard from one of the local old-timers stalkers about a Monolith allegedly fulfilling wishes. What hysteria began here: stalkers huddled in groups and rushed to the Center of the Zone, everyone wanted something from the Monolith. Grim details have emerged about the first stalker to reach the Monolith...

Even when the Zone first appeared, many people found themselves under its hood, cut off from the outside world. Most died immediately, but there were a few lucky ones, not only survivors, but also trying to do something. One of the survivors ended up near the station, he saw a strange glow inside, he had no choice, the way back was cut off, and he got closer. He saw a picture of the pierced roof of the Sarcophagus, from under which a glow was escaping. He climbed up the wall and an interior view opened up to him: among a pile of metal fragments and charred concrete pancakes, a huge black geometric fragment rested. This was the Monolith, the stalker finally woke up from a strange obsession and realized that he had literally climbed into a terribly rotten Sarcophagus. He was filled with wild fear, through which the Monolith's call monotonously made its way. The monolith was calling him, and the stalker's hair stood on end, strange, incredible pictures of the Monolith exploded in his head.. The bottom line is that he made a wish, and it came true, and the Zone increased dramatically by five kilometers. It seems that for every wish fulfilled, the Zone eats up our Land. But that doesn't stop brave guys like you. They continue to rush inside, carrying their innermost desires in their hearts....