The journey through the Universal Hub was a spectacle of impossible scale and vibrant life. The Quantum Meridian, a living paradox of cultivation and technology, sliced through the void, not with roaring engines, but with a silent, resonating hum. Kaelen sat at the controls, her expression a mix of profound awe and focused concentration. On the main viewscreen, the Hub grew from a distant smear of light into a magnificent, swirling metropolis of celestial bodies and impossibly large structures. It was a city of cities, an empire of empires, and its sheer diversity was breathtaking.