The Invading Outer Universe

The universe had never been quiet.

That did not mean the whispers of stars, the rhythm of pulsars, or the screams black holes made when they devoured matter. Those were the universe's heartbeat.

They were its breathing, the sound of it being alive.

And now.

A multilayered concerto was playing.

From different universes.

"It's overlapping with this universe's space, being assimilated by this universe's physical laws, and slowly becoming part of this universe."

Black Box explained the situation to Ian again.

Ian fell silent. He looked at that "new" star field, at the stars still struggling to shine, at the nebulae still struggling to take shape. They looked like they were trying very hard, very earnestly, very painfully. As if they were desperately proving they belonged here, desperately wanting to be accepted.

Desperately not wanting to be rejected.

"Outer Universe invasion."

He murmured it. This was his main storyline. He knew it, because Lady Death had said as much a long time ago, so he had already experienced plenty of incidents like this.

"Yes. This phenomenon is not rare in the multiverse. When two universes collide during expansion, the smaller one will be devoured, absorbed, and assimilated by the larger one. This process may take millions of years, or it may be completed in an instant. But typically, this kind of invasion is violent and destructive—the physical laws of the two universes will clash fiercely at the boundary, causing spatial tears, time distortion, and matter annihilation."

Black Box's understanding was clearly limited. Of course, it was not wrong either. After all, it came from the Marvel Universe, and the former Marvel Universe really had been destroyed because of this.

Ian looked at that calm star field, slowly merging in, and raised an eyebrow. "But this area is very calm."

"Yes."