He wasn't just falling down a deep hole; he was plummeting through the literal foundational layers of the multiverse's programming.
The darkness was so absolute it felt like it was actively pressing against his eyeballs. He couldn't see his own hands.
"System," Sebastian commanded, engaging his green Administrator UI. "Activate [True Sight]. Give me some headlights."
BZZZT.
His silver-tinged void eyes flared beneath his cracked porcelain mask, piercing the gloom with a sharp, high-resolution beam of digital light.
The darkness pulled back, revealing the walls of the chasm passing by in a terrifying blur.
Sebastian's breath hitched in his throat.
The walls weren't made of rock, or bedrock, or even the smooth, glowing hard-light of the Core OS. They were a horrifying, colossal collage of sheer, unadulterated failure.
"What the fuck is this place?" Sebastian whispered, his eyes widening in morbid fascination.
