With the Guardian's departure, a profound stillness settled over the Nexus. Elias stood alone, a silent witness to a universe in the first moments of its liberation. The Universal Resonance was not a fleeting phenomenon; it was a permanent change, a restructuring of reality that would echo for eons. The artificial boundaries that had limited the growth of its inhabitants were gone, replaced by a boundless sky of new possibilities. Elias felt this change not just in the air around him, but in the very core of his being. The victory was not his alone; it belonged to this universe and its future.
The Choice
