Inside the Ark's main control room, the shrill, piercing alarm continued to echo.
Tony stared fixedly at the red "ERROR" messages constantly refreshing across his faceplate, his face paling.
Thor gripped Stormbreaker tightly, the veins on the back of his hand bulging.
Even the six Infinity Stones began to emit a low hum.
Reed had already collapsed into his seat, cold sweat soaking through his clothes.
At that moment, everyone's gaze was fixed on that coordinate—
A dimensional coordinate floating before Chu Hang, radiating an aura of destruction.
"Zero."
Chu Hang still stood with his hands behind his back, his voice exceptionally calm.
"Present!"
"Overload all engines. Lock onto that coordinate."
He slowly raised his right hand and continued issuing orders.
"Prepare for dimensional ascent."
"This is insane!"
Reed sprang up from his seat, his voice turning shrill and distorted with agitation.
"Chu Hang! That's a conceptual vacuum zone! A forbidden region of the entire Multiverse!"
"The Ark's armor cannot withstand that level of dimensional pressure! We'll all be crushed directly into fundamental particles!"
Chu Hang merely turned his head and looked at him.
The look in his eyes was as though he were examining a noisy ant.
"Can't withstand it?"
He let out a soft laugh.
"Then let it evolve until it can."
The instant his words fell—
Boom—!
An energy powerful enough to make every soul present tremble suddenly erupted from within his body.
A golden-red pillar of energy shot skyward, piercing straight through the Ark's entire hull structure.
"Warning! Energy has exceeded the threshold! Forced injection in progress!"
"Higher-Dimensional Concept Crystal detected... commencing devouring!"
Zero let out a sharp electronic cry.
Calling it delight would not have been an exaggeration.
The Concept Crystals stripped from the Void Scavengers across the hull were forcibly shattered and activated by