The moment the pact was sealed, the sky over Lot-09B turned a terrifying, sterile white.
It wasn't a fleet this time. It was a single, massive Orbital Mirror—a weapon of the Hegemony designed for "Flash-Sterilization." It was focused directly on the Heart-Spore.
"Sarge! The Mirror is charging!" Sully's voice screamed over the comms. "It's a Tier-10 Solar-Lance! It's going to vaporize the entire continent in ten seconds!"
Kane looked at the Queen of Rot. She looked at him.
"Unit-Alpha!" Kane roared into the Void-Steel Crown. "Prepare the Timeline-Shunt! We aren't just taking the Queen... we're taking the Planet!"
"Sarge, you can't be serious!" Vance yelled, grabbing a root to stay upright as the ground began to vibrate. "The Revenant isn't big enough to jump a whole world!"
"I'm not jumping the world!" Kane's silver eyes exploded with violet fire. "I'm Inhaling it!"
[SKILL ACTIVATION: THE GREAT DEVOURER - STAGE 2]
Kane slammed his hands into the Heart-Spore. He didn't eat the life-force; he used his Rank 9 (Peak) power to turn the entire planet into a "Timeline-Echo."
As the white beam from the Orbital Mirror hit the surface, it didn't find a planet. It found a Hole.
The entire world of Lot-09B vanished into Kane's shadow, stored within the "Void-Space" between seconds.
Kane stood alone in the empty vacuum where a planet used to be, his body glowing with a neon-green and violet light. He looked up at the Hegemony Mirror, his face a mask of god-like fury.
"My turn," Kane whispered.
He launched himself toward the Mirror, a one-man extinction event.