The Power of Finality

Huh?

Firefly's mouth formed a tiny "O," as if she had just witnessed the most unbelievable magic trick.

As a Stellaron Hunter, she had seen Stellarons and had even handled more than one herself.

Those things were the source of calamity in the universe, creations of Aeons, ultimate weapons capable of warping the laws of physics and driving an entire civilization to destroy itself in madness.

They were indestructible, capable only of being sealed away or contained by special existences like Stelle.

But now, this thing... had shattered?

How was that possible?

"Everything has its end. Even a Stellaron is no exception—"

Zhang Qi shook his hand and offered a casual explanation.

"This is... the power of Finality? But why...?"

Hearing that, Firefly came to her senses, her expression growing even more shocked.

Among all the Paths in the galaxy, Nihility and Finality were the two most peculiar.

The former concerned the definition of existence, while the latter was a theoretical concept—something that existed only in the distant future at the end of the universe's heat death, born at the very end of the universe's demise.

In other words, Finality was a power that belonged to the future.

She had never heard of anyone being able to wield that power of the "future" at the point in time known as the "present."

"This is... the price Elio paid. In return, I need to accomplish certain things, one of which is curing your Entropy Loss Syndrome—"

Zhang Qi explained.

The so-called Paths were merely another set of program code running on the universe's supercomputer, distinct from the fundamental laws of physics.

At their core, they all drew upon an underlying resource known as Imaginary energy, then produced different structures.

What Elio had shown him was the underlying code known as Finality—