The oscillations of gravitational waves shook the entire universe. The spacecraft carrying Ava and Xavier shuddered violently, its alarms blaring harshly. Xavier grabbed the edge of the console to keep his footing, his gaze piercing through the porthole into the depths of the cosmos, where a twisted expanse of darkness was slowly unfurling, resembling a gruesome wound torn open in the fabric of the universe.
"This is no natural phenomenon," Xavier said, his voice trembling. "The frequency of these gravitational waves resonates with the energy field of the ancient civilization we encountered earlier."
He pulled up a holographic star map, where countless red dots blinked—star systems thrown off their orbits by the gravitational waves.
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