War 2

Within an unknown, vast universe.

At the center of the universe, an unprecedentedly enormous star burned fiercely, releasing endless light and heat.

This star alone occupied nearly a third of the entire universe's volume.

Time warped beside it, while space shattered around it.

Its temperature was countless times higher than that of an ordinary star, nearly beyond the limits of measurement.

Just one glance at it would reduce a person's body, mind, and soul to ashes.

By all reason, no living being should have existed in such a scorching place.

Yet at this moment, a figure was slowly walking atop the boiling sea of golden flames covering the golden star.

He strode across the flaming sea, his expression calm. He wore ordinary casual clothes and even had headphones around his neck, looking no different from a typical young man in his twenties.

Yet this ordinarily dressed young man showed not the slightest reaction or change as his feet stepped upon stellar flames hundreds of thousands of degrees hot.

He continued onward through the sea of flames without stopping.

Gradually, a broad path emerged faintly from the flaming ocean ahead.

The path was formed from glowing white jade steps, stretching all the way into the depths of the star.

"Red. You should not have returned." A vast thought slowly entered the man's mind.

Red Whale paused, then continued forward.

Following the white jade steps, he walked step by step into the depths of the fiery ocean.

Time and space lost all meaning amid the boundless crimson flames.

Red Whale did not stop, continuing onward.

The sea of flames around him seemed held up by an invisible force, forming a domed tunnel that led straight downward, allowing the white jade steps to extend ever deeper.

Scorching light, blazing light, light enough to