With the transaction complete, the concept of distance became a purchaseable asset. After the System's evolution, Adrian had learned one terrifying fact. Everything within this Galaxy belonged to him, and Tech Core was a medium to achieve them. Now, he had unlimited resources, so there was nothing stopping him from from having it all.
Adrian took a single step. He simply owned the space between the Vault and the Space Tunnel, and he chose to collapse it. One moment he was in the prison; the next, he was standing in the vacuum of Sector XA-6, directly above the colossal form of the Lord of Darkness.
The scene that greeted him was a portrait of absolute despair.
The walls of reality had been stripped away, revealing the raw, static-filled void beyond the universe's edge.
But it was the silence that hit him hardest.
It wasn't just the absence of sound; it was the absence of life.
