|Analysis of [Early Omnichalcum Metal] initiated.|
|Composition: A unique, primordial alloy saturated with a high concentration of undifferentiated Everythings.|
|Properties: Near-absolute indestructibility. It cannot be broken, melted, or altered by any conventional means. An existence would need to possess a power in excess of 1,000 Quadrillion in Complexity to even begin to arduously reshape its physical form.|
|Activation Protocol: The metal’s internal structure can only be manipulated by an existence capable of resonating with and commanding the Everythings within it. This appears to be a function of an [Elderborn].|
|Conclusion: There is no additional data that can be of help, Master. The test is binary. Either you can, or you cannot.|
...!
Noah gazed at the metal somberly. He prepared for all contingencies. He would not allow his memories to be wiped. He would not be discarded as he just arrived here!
He activated his Heart of Tyranny. He felt the one hundred and fifty-nine Vital Lighthouses of his Atlas blaze as one.
He reached out, his hand now wreathed in the vibrant, bloody purple flames of his Haki, and he touched the metal!
And...!
And...!
"..."
And nothing happened.
The metal remained cold, inert, utterly unresponsive to the unique power that coursed through his hand.
The flames of his Haki licked at its pristine surface, but they could find no purchase, no resonance. It was like trying to set fire to a vacuum.
Elara’s expression, which had held a sliver of professional curiosity, flattened into one of profound, weary disappointment.
She sighed, a sound that was not of anger, but of simple, bureaucratic finality.
"Another defective model," she murmured, her gaze already turning away from him. "I will call the others. They will wipe your memories of this place and send you back to whatever forgotten corner of existence you crawled out of."
She was dismissing him. Discarding him. But as she turned, a single word she had spoken earlier echoed in the silent, calculating chambers of Noah’s mind. A word that was the key.
Boundless.
To have a reaction with the metal, one needed their Everything to be grand. Boundless.
What did he have that was boundless?
A tyrannical light flashed in his eyes. It was a truth so fundamental to his being, so core to his very existence, that in his focus on his new, more complex powers, he had not brought it forth.
HUUM!
The air in the clearing did not just change; it was fundamentally rewritten.
The pristine, sterile white of the Laboratories was suddenly, violently, beautifully consumed by an eruption of pure, incandescent blue.
Blue.
Oh, blue!
The blue flames of Mana. They did not burn with heat; they burned with the very concept of infinity.
His eyes, once burning with purple Haki, were now two blazing, cerulean suns, tendrils of pure, liquid mana leaking from them like tears!
He reached out again, his hand, now a conduit for an endless, inexhaustible ocean of power, and he grasped the metal.
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