Mastering Infinity

Prayer.

Confusion.

Despair.

Time slipped away. Those still fighting gritted their teeth and held on, but more and more people began to give up. They could not see the slightest hope.

One Hawkins after another flew in, but none could keep the Godhead in his hands intact. Often, the moment he landed on the city wall, it shattered with a crash.

"Hawkins, we have three minutes left. I need to tell you something." Wilhelm walked up to Hawkins, gripped his shoulders with both hands, and stared at his oversized head. His expression was grave.

Hawkins opened his eyes. "I know what you want to say. Keep doing what you need to do. Go."

"All right!" Wilhelm met Hawkins's gaze and finally nodded.

Three minutes was a long time. Three minutes was no time at all.

The last Hawkins flew in, but the Godhead in his hands still shattered the moment he landed on the wall. Countless faces turned ashen as people stared at the sky in despair.

Everyone looked toward Hawkins. He opened his eyes, and his body rapidly returned to its original size.

"Remember this, everyone: if you don't want to die, you won't die!"

Hawkins looked at them all, utterly serious.

The next second, the sky split apart with a crash. Endless matter poured into the Infinite Weird Force Field, and everyone was swallowed in an instant, as though a mudslide had struck them.

A second later, all the soil in the Infinite Weird Force Field had been compressed into rock. Gravity drove the temperature inside it so high that nuclear fusion began, creating a sea of fire like a star.

But that stellar sea of fire lasted less than ten seconds. More matter flooded into the Infinite Weird Force Field. In under a second, its iron core