The memory consumed the network.Not violently.Completely.Every connected reality flooded with visions from the universe before this one.A cosmos brighter than anything existence had ever known.White stars stretched endlessly across impossible skies.Worlds connected naturally without forced systems.Civilizations reaching each other not through survival—But curiosity.Luke stood inside the memory, unable to tell where vision ended, and reality began.The awakened network carried the experience to billions simultaneously.Everyone saw it.And everyone understood immediately—This universe had once been happy.Not perfect.Alive.Children ran through cities built from living light.People argued, laughed, loved, and mourned.Entire galaxies communicated through resonance instead of conquest.The emotional warmth inside the memory hurt almost immediately.Because underneath it—Something terrible waited.Luke moved through the memory slowly.The grieving entity walked ahead of him
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