The excitement from Kaelen's brilliant idea, the Entropy-Reversal Singularity Core, still hummed through Elias. After their passionate kiss and his initial flurry of calculations, he spent the next few days in an almost feverish state of creation, refining the intricate blueprints for this revolutionary power source. Kaelen stayed by his side, fascinated, her quiet presence a comforting anchor in his boundless intellectual pursuit. Lumie, now completely comfortable, often fluttered around them, adding a touch of whimsy to the grand scientific endeavor.
One afternoon, as the final holographic schematics solidified before them in the Experimental Lab, Elias turned to Kaelen, his face alight with a mixture of pride and a hint of the joy he now felt more frequently. "It's ready," he announced, his voice deeper with satisfaction. "The design for the Entropy-Reversal Singularity Core is complete. And it's truly magnificent."
Kaelen clapped her hands softly, her eyes sparkling. "Show me! How does this 'chaos-eating' thing actually work?"
Elias smiled, taking her hand and leading her to the center of the lab, where a larger, more detailed holographic projection of his internal dantian appeared, glowing with intricate pathways. "Alright, imagine my main dantian, the core of my energy, isn't just a big battery anymore. It's about to become a factory that literally prints energy from the universe's leftovers."
He began to explain, simplifying the colossal concepts so Kaelen, and by extension, any young, curious mind, could grasp them.
"At the very heart of my main dantian," Elias began, pointing to a minuscule, shimmering point in the hologram, "we're going to create a perfectly stable, incredibly tiny micro-singularity. Think of it like a mini-black hole, smaller than an atom, but utterly precise. This isn't one that just devours everything blindly; this one is programmed."
"A normal black hole," he continued, "pulls everything in, right? And when it does, it increases the 'mess' of the universe, what scientists call entropy. It's like sweeping all the dust into one pile, but that dust is still just disorganized dust. My singularity, however, is designed to do the impossible: it actively reverses that mess. It forces the chaotic, disordered energy and particles of spacetime that fall into it to become perfectly organized, perfectly efficient. It's like taking that pile of disorganized dust and making it spontaneously assemble into a perfect, working machine, and getting free energy from the process."
Kaelen gasped, her eyes wide. "So, it's like… a magic reverse-black hole?"
Elias chuckled, a warm sound. "Something like that. We use incredibly advanced informational matrices – think of them as super-complex cosmic computer code, etched into the very fabric of the singularity's event horizon. These matrices apply the Law of Order directly to the chaotic energy. They force particles to align, to shed their disorganization. When that chaotic energy is suddenly forced into perfect order, it releases immense amounts of pure, clean energy. That's the core's power source: turning cosmic clutter into cosmic gold."
He then showed how this new core would integrate with his existing system, including his old workhorse, the Matter-Antimatter Annihilation Reactor.
"Now, the beauty of this," Elias continued, gesturing to another part of the holographic dantian where swirling energy streams met the singularity, "is how it works with my existing Matter-Antimatter Annihilation Reactor. My old reactor, the one that makes energy by colliding matter and antimatter, is still incredibly powerful. But it produces energy through destruction, through conversion. It's like burning fuel."
"The new Entropy-Reversal Singularity Core doesn't burn anything. It creates energy from the very fabric of reality, from the 'disorder' that's everywhere. So, think of it this way: the Singularity Core becomes my primary, always-on, infinite power generator. It's like having a miniature, self-sustaining sun constantly running inside me, providing a baseline of truly limitless energy."
He paused, letting Kaelen visualize it. "Then, my existing Matter-Antimatter Annihilation Reactor takes on a new role. It becomes a booster system, or a specialized energy converter. If I need a sudden, massive burst of power – say, to warp space on a galactic scale, or to unleash an attack that could shatter galaxy clusters – the Singularity Core provides the almost infinite baseline, and the Matter-Antimatter Reactor kicks in, drawing from its now supplementary supply of highly compressed pills, to provide an additional, explosive surge. It's like having a primary engine that never runs out of gas, and then a super-charger for when you need to go absolutely impossibly fast."
"So, you'll have two engines working together?" Kaelen mused, her brow furrowing slightly in thought.
"Precisely!" Elias affirmed, a genuine delight in his eyes. "The Singularity Core gives me infinite baseline power, allowing my cultivation to run non-stop, powering my very existence without any external fuel. And the Matter-Antimatter Reactor gives me the immense, concentrated bursts of power for specialized, high-demand actions. This dual system provides unparalleled versatility and truly boundless energy reserves for every imaginable cosmic application."
He walked Kaelen through the internal safeguards. "Maintaining this micro-singularity is the ultimate act of control. My Quantum Divine Sense (QDS) will need to constantly monitor and fine-tune its every fluctuation. Any deviation, any tiny instability, and it could either harmlessly fizzle out, or worse, grow uncontrollably. But my QDS is now so refined, so much stronger thanks to the Perpetual Ascension Technique, that I'm confident I can maintain perfect control." He placed a hand over his chest, over where his dantian would be. "It will be a constant, precise dance with the fundamental forces of the universe within me."
"The implications are vast," Elias continued, his voice resonating with suppressed excitement. "This core means my power literally has no limit. I can use the Law of Space to fold entire star systems, the Law of Gravity to pull worlds into new orbits, the Law of Time to accelerate or decelerate local regions… all powered by an endless supply of energy. It elevates my mastery over cosmic laws to a whole new level."
Kaelen looked at the holographic display, then back at Elias, her heart swelling with a mix of awe and deep affection. He wasn't just building a power source; he was attempting to wield the very fabric of existence. And he was doing it with a passion and brilliance that captivated her entirely.
"It sounds incredible, Elias," she said, her voice soft with admiration. "Truly incredible. I can't imagine what you'll be able to do with that kind of power."
Elias smiled, a warm, genuine smile that reached his eyes. He reached out and gently took her hand. "Whatever it is, Kaelen," he said, his gaze tender, "we'll discover it together. Your insights, your presence, have been instrumental in every step of this journey. You inspire breakthroughs I wouldn't have considered on my own."
He squeezed her hand, a silent promise in the gesture. The Entropy-Reversal Singularity Core wasn't just about his power; it was about their shared journey into the boundless unknown. And Elias, for the first time in millennia, felt a deep, profound excitement for what lay ahead, knowing he wouldn't face it alone.