The sound of keys turning echoed through the quantum void, like the gears of a thousand worlds meshing at once. The W-Infinity Symbol unfurled into a portal of light. Within the blinding white glare, countless overlapping images emerged—Qiyue saw versions of himself and Su Muqing from every world, each standing at the precipice of their own reality, all performing the same action: reaching out to push the door open.
"Are you ready?" Jane’s voice came from behind, layered with the resonance of hundreds of harmonies.
Qiyue turned back, his breath hitching. Jane was suspended in the void, her body half-decomposed into pure energy. In place of her right eye, only a rotating W-Infinity Symbol remained, while her left eye had turned entirely violet-gold. Her hair danced like living things, each strand tethered to the projection of a different world.
Chapter 30