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Chapter 90: The Void-Breaker

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The sight of the "Great Hunger’s" main fleet was not a collection of ships, but a literal darkening of the stars. They moved in a jagged, crystalline formation, their hulls composed of the same light-eating obsidian that had plagued the Moon. Against the backdrop of the deep void, they looked like shards of a broken mirror reflecting a world that no longer existed.

"They aren't decelerating," Leo said, his voice dropping to a whisper as he adjusted the long-range scanners. "At their current vel
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