Light filled the entire world.
My thoughts seemed to have left my body, and my self-awareness drifted through a strange, empty space. There was no support in any direction—above, below, left, right—only boundless emptiness... When I slowly regained consciousness, my first sensation was that I was floating in an endless ocean of light, as if even my body had dissolved.
But that feeling lasted less than a second. As my consciousness fully awakened, the empty, ungrounded sensation quickly faded. My mind commanded my body to clench a fist, and in an instant, my body returned. I looked down at my familiar hands and confirmed that nothing seemed wrong with me... Well, the only problem was that I felt a little "sluggish." It looked like my mental exhaustion was severe.
Where was this?
Only then did I finally notice that my surroundings seemed strange. This was neither the Empire Admiral's Command Hall nor the vastness of space, much less the endless void. It was not even the white light I had seen last. There was nothing around me, only endless golden radiance rising and falling slowly. There was no ground beneath my feet, no sky above me, and I could feel neither gravity nor air. Apart from the golden glow around me, none of my senses detected anything else. It felt as though I were drifting through space.
I moved my limbs slightly to confirm that my body was fine, then frowned and searched around for something that could explain the situation before me. But there was only endless golden light within my field of vision. The golden light was bright but not dazzling, drifting around me in continuous sheets. It was gentle and tranquil, like rippling water. There was no way to judge how far this light extended with the