The sky wasn't blue anymore. It wasn't even the neon purple of Aryan's defense shield. It was a terrifying, swirling vortex of absolute nothingness. The black hole created by the Ancient User was eating the very air of Haddon City. Skyscrapers were snapping like toothpicks, sucked into the abyss.
People were screaming, but their voices were cut short as the vacuum of space began to bleed into the streets.
Amidst this end-of-the-world nightmare, Aryan stood perfectly still. His black hoodie was flapping violently in the gravitational pull, but his feet stayed glued to the terrace.
He wasn't looking at the destruction. He was looking at a small, flickering notification at the edge of his vision.
[Ding!]
[Warning: Dimensional Integrity at 12%.]
[System Level 6 is insufficient to halt a 'World-Reset'.]
[Requirement for Level 7: A transaction that alters the fate of a Species.]
The Ancient User floated in the center of the vortex, his broken golden sword now replaced by a spear of pure dark energy.
"Give up, boy!" his voice boomed, vibrating through the bones of everyone left alive.
"Your paper wealth cannot buy back a soul that the Universe has decided to reclaim! The cycle must end!"
Aryan finally looked up. He didn't look scared. He looked like a customer who had just been told the store was out of his favorite soda.
"You keep talking about the Universe like you own it," Aryan said, his voice amplified by the System to pierce through the roaring winds. "But in my world, everything has a price tag. Even the void."
He tapped a golden icon on his interface that had been locked until this very second.
"System," Aryan whispered. "You said I need a transaction to alter the fate of a species? Fine. How much to buy the 'Source Code' of this planet's reality?"
[Ding!]
[Calculating... ERROR.]
[Value exceeds all known financial metrics.]
[Alternative Found: Buy the 'Gravitational Constant' of the Earth's Sector.]
[Cost: $1,500,000,000,000,000.00 (1.5 Quadrillion Dollars)]
Aryan didn't hesitate. "Do it. And buy the 'Life-Force' of every citizen in Haddon City for the next 100 years. Pay the Universe in advance. I'm taking their debt onto my shoulders."
[Ding!]
[Transaction Authorized: $1,500,000,000,000,000.00]
[Acquiring Fundamental Laws of Physics...]
[Ding!]
[Spend: $1,500,000,000,000,000.00]
[Calculating 50x Cashback (Level 6 Bonus)...]
[Congratulations! $75,000,000,000,000,000.00 (75 Quadrillion) Credited to Host's Account!]
Suddenly, the world stopped.
The cars that were flying into the air froze in mid-flight. The black hole, which was about to swallow the entire continent, suddenly turned from black to a dull, stagnant grey. It wasn't a miracle. It was a Purchase. Aryan had literally bought the gravity that the black hole was using to feed.
The Ancient User's eyes widened. For the first time in a thousand years, he felt something he had forgotten: Helplessness.
"What... what have you done?" the old king gasped, his spear of dark energy flickering and dying out.
"I just paid the Universe to ignore you,"
Aryan said, stepping off the terrace and—instead of falling—walking on the empty air as if it were a marble floor. "Gravity works for me now. The air you breathe? I paid for it.
The light hitting your eyes? That's my property too."
[Ding!]
[Evolution Complete!]
[Congratulations! You have reached Level 7: Universal Sovereign.]
[New Feature Unlocked: 'The Creator's Shop' - Materialize any object or law from thin air.]
Aryan reached out his hand, and for a moment, he looked like a god. With a single thought, he spent $10 Quadrillion to 'Restore' the city. In a flash of white light, the broken buildings stitched themselves back together. The people who were pulled into the sky were gently lowered back to the ground.
He then turned to the Ancient User. "You wanted a 'World-Reset'? I have a better idea. How about a 'Career Change'?"
Aryan snapped his fingers.
The Ancient User didn't die. Instead, his ancient robes turned into a cheap orange jumpsuit. His power was stripped away, and he was teleported into the highest-security prison Aryan had built on a private island in the Pacific.
"System," Aryan said, watching the sun rise over a perfectly restored Haddon City. "How much is left in my account?"
[Ding!]
[Current Balance: $68,506,765,012,450,000.00]
[Note: You are now the 'Owner' of the Earth. A message is arriving from a 'Galactic Merchant'...]
Aryan's eyes narrowed. "Galactic Merchant? So the Earth is just one shop in a bigger mall?"
The screen flickered, showing a being made of pure starlight. "Greetings, Sovereign Aryan. You have been noticed. Your wealth has crashed the local sector's economy. Prepare for an audit."
Aryan laughed, a cold, hungry sound. "An audit? Tell them to bring their best accountants. I'm looking to buy a Galaxy next."
Author's Note - The Interstellar Arc Begins!
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"Aryan has reached Level 7 and is now the official OWNER OF THE EARTH! He literally bought Gravity to stop a Black Hole! But now, 'Galactic Merchants' are coming. Is Aryan's 68 Quadrillion enough to face an Alien Empire?
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