Chapter 55: The Returner from the Virtual World (Finale)

The world did not explode. It did not shatter. After the all-consuming whiteness of Caspian’s final attack, there was only silence. A profound, deafening silence that swallowed sound, thought, and even fear. It was the silence of a void, the moment after a cosmic question had been answered with absolute finality. Then, a sound returned. Not a roar, but a crack. It was a sound like a universe of glass shattering in slow motion, a delicate, crystalline chime that echoed from the heavens down...