The black object's straight upward ascent showed no sign of slowing. It continued to climb, accelerating all the while.
With an explosive sonic boom, the black cube became a streak of black light. Under the supervision of a Necron Overlord and a Necron Technomancer, it broke through the planet's atmosphere and soon plunged into its moon.
Before long, the moon, a size larger than Luna, began to collapse, its collapse accelerating rapidly. Its crust was torn apart and stretched out. The entire moon seemed to have been tossed into a juicer, pulverized completely before flowing toward the central point.
Afentis and Trazyn watched all this with great satisfaction. As the black cube swallowed the moon's last particles, satisfied expressions appeared on their faces.
Suddenly, the black cube spinning furiously at the core exploded, and a blue rift appeared in realspace.
The Singularity Gate Guidance Device had fulfilled its purpose. The wormhole was complete.
"No matter how many times I see it, the sight is always magnificent. Technology like this is nothing short of miraculous. This is the true foundation of our strength," Afentis marveled.
"Yes. Unfortunately, a critical part of the technology for opening new wormholes has been lost. The dynasty that possessed this technology lost vast amounts of data during its long slumber. Developing it again will take considerable time and effort."
Trazyn bluntly laid out the predicament the Necrons now faced. Their prolonged slumber had taken far too great a toll, and many of their miraculous technologies had to be developed anew.
"I hope the Sphinx Dynasty's fleet has already assembled on the other side of the wormhole." Trazyn lowered his upturned head and looked at Sphinx. "And I hope the Control Protocol you stole from the dynasty's Phaeron works, too."
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