In an undisclosed part of the universe, after wiping out the void creatures in the veiled space, Alex found himself reflecting on his evolving abilities.
After spending hours honing the abilities he gained from the three A-tier void creatures, he sat cross-legged in the void, his mind focused.
"Permanence, huh?" he muttered, stretching out his hand. A weapon he had conjured during the battle sped toward him, almost faster than the eye could follow, landing squarely in his grip.
Though he wasn't actively channelling energy, the spear he held no longer resembled the ethereal light it had been forged from. Instead of dissolving over time, it remained solid, retaining its shape and hardness.
The weapon was no longer pure energy—it had transformed into matter, as tangible as any physical object.
"Matter is just condensed energy," Alex murmured, his thoughts drifting back to lessons from his earlier studies.
A contemplative look crossed his face as he realized there was more to this than he initially understood. If he took the time to dig deeper, he might uncover even greater truths.
Releasing the weapon, Alex shifted his focus inward, entering the realm of his vortex. Before him loomed the black hole within, still drawing in vast amounts of void energy with an insatiable pull.
Alex wasn't actively doing anything, yet his void core had reached a point where it passively absorbed the surrounding energy, much like his mana vortexes.
'Since the beginning, I knew the black hole was more than just an energy absorber. It triggered a cosmic mana wave and seemed to resonate with the universe itself,' he reflected, his gaze fixed on the swirling black hole.
It wasn't merely a void—it was a singularity intricately linked to the fabric of his universe, almost like a cosmic gateway.
His consciousness moved closer, sitting before the black hole. Closing his eyes, Alex sought a deeper connection to the singularity. As he attuned himself, he noticed the black hole pulsing faintly, like the rhythmic beating of a heart.
Delving further into its depths, Alex found himself awake in a vast, chaotic expanse. Stars glimmered in the darkness, gas clouds swirled, and cosmic storms raged around him. It was as awe-inspiring as it was turbulent.
"This is the universe," he murmured, his voice filled with wonder as he took in the scene.
Though he didn't understand how he knew, Alex was certain he was looking at his home universe.
"So, by acting as a conduit, it allows me to perceive the universe within myself. I am in the universe, and the universe is in me," he said, his heightened awareness making the realization clear in an instant.
As he absorbed energy, his perception had evolved beyond what anyone in his universe could comprehend. With every insight, the pieces of the puzzle came together, revealing truths he had only begun to grasp.
Alex waved his hand through the void, feeling the fabric of reality bend under his will. It flowed like water around his touch.
His eyes narrowed as he observed the threads of the universe's fabric—vibrating at distinct frequencies. Sometimes they behaved like waves, seamlessly flowing, and at other times, like particles, distinct and tangible.
"So, it's true. The duality of a particle," he muttered, his expression deep with understanding. "It all makes sense now."
As he conjured an object, he noticed how scattered energies around him synchronized, condensing and vibrating at the same frequency to form something permanent—matter.
With deliberate focus, Alex shaped an object, then reversed the process, breaking the forces that held the energies together, returning the matter to its original energy state.
While testing these scientific principles, part of his awareness shifted to his physical body. His focus dove inward, bypassing his cells, the organelles, and even the biomolecules. He went deeper, plunging into the quantum realm.
There, he saw the building blocks of his being—the atoms and their subatomic particles. But his exploration didn't stop there.
As he observed, the particles shifted behaviour, sometimes acting as waves and other times as particles, just as predicted.
What intrigued him more was the unique vibration of these particles. Their frequency was slightly different from the surrounding universe.
In that instant, Alex understood. This unique frequency was what set him apart, what defined his individuality in the grand cosmos.
It was the same for everyone—a distinct resonance that made each person unique, yet still part of the whole.
A thought struck Alex. "What if I could resonate with the universe's unique frequency?"
His mind drifted to the spatial ability he had recently acquired. What if this skill allowed him to instantly harmonize with the frequency of the surrounding space, eliminating the concept of time? If he could become one with space—and space existed everywhere—then…
A small smile crossed his lips as the realization clicked. Something profound opened within him, a connection to everything around him.
The sensation was overwhelming, almost frightening. If not for his heightened awareness, he might have gone mad.
Through this newfound connection, Alex's thoughts turned to his family. He wondered what they might be going through, and his mind settled on a principle he had studied before: quantum entanglement.
Quantum entanglement described how two particles could share a bond so strong that the state of one instantly influences the other, no matter the distance. In Alex's case, this bond extended to the people he cared about.
The black hole within his vortex acted as a powerful conduit, amplifying this entanglement to a cosmic level.
Through it, he could sense the life force of his parents, as if they were an intrinsic part of his own being—even from across the vast expanse of the universe.
But sensing them was just the beginning. The distance between them was immense, but Alex knew space wasn't a barrier. "Distance wouldn't matter with the power of space," he said.
Applying his new understanding, Alex merged his awareness with space. In an instant, he felt himself moving at an incredible speed, bypassing galaxies in the blink of an eye.
'Was I really this far from them?' he thought.
But as he travelled, something unusual caught his attention. Not all space vibrated at the same frequency.
Some regions resonated differently, while others appeared as dark voids—spots of nothingness in the vast expanse.