Reborn into a World Without Us

Years had blurred into centuries, and Alex had lost track of time long ago. His AI companion, AURA, still kept count, but it didn't matter anymore. Time was just a concept he no longer paid attention to. In the wake of the Dyson swarm, which harnessed the energy of the sun itself, his power had grown beyond anything he could've imagined. Alex had transcended the limits of a Type 4 civilization on the Kardashev scale—one that could manipulate the energy of an entire universe. He had explored every corner of the observable universe and beyond, but the most haunting discovery remained: there was no sign of intelligent life anywhere, not even a whisper from the vastness beyond. There are no signs of life.

The absence of life was disturbing. It wasn't just that other planets lacked civilization. There wasn't even the potential for intelligent life. His experiments to create biological intelligence, even artificially, had all failed. The mysterious being who sent him to this universe had placed a lock on this, preventing the birth of anything resembling sentient thought. He could create creatures, yes, but they were mere animals.

At one point, Alex nearly succeeded. He had crafted a biological entity with all the right pieces in place, only to watch it disintegrate like dust as if the universe itself refused to allow such a creation. "What the hell?" he had yelled when it happened, incredulous at the relentless resistance from whatever higher power controlled this universe. The universe seemed designed to remain sterile of higher consciousness.

"This universe," Alex thought to himself, "it's squeaky clean—no biological intelligence allowed, just like I'm the last 0.00001% from one of those soap commercials. What kind of cosmic joke is this?"

Despite all his advancements and dominance over the laws of physics, the one thing Alex could not control was life itself. It was as if the universe had an inbuilt code preventing the rise of sentience outside of him.

Now, he is drifting within his latest creation, the "Spaceship Universe Bubble." Alex found himself staring directly into the heart of a black hole. This wasn't just any spaceship; it was a self-contained, miniature universe. A floating dimension of its own, with controls that allowed Alex to manipulate space and time within its boundaries. It felt less like a ship and more like a god's domain, allowing him to travel anywhere within his universe at will.

The black hole in front of him was an enigma, one that had perplexed scientists for centuries. Black holes were the ultimate puzzle in the scientific community. Singularity—the point of infinite density within—defied all known physics. The equations simply stopped making sense. And yet, Alex believed that within the singularity of a black hole lay the key to escaping the shackles of this universe.

"I've mastered everything," Alex thought, "except this. The singularity... it's the one thing that breaks all the rules. If anything can get me out of this universe, it's that."

He had experimented with space portal technology, dark matter manipulation, and quantum magic—his own creation, using dark energy and dark matter to bend reality. But nothing had worked. Every attempt to breach the walls of the universe ended in failure. The walls were too thick, too impenetrable. It was as if the universe had locked him inside, an elaborate cage with no tools to break free.

"It's like being encased in a metal sphere," Alex muttered, "with no way out. But almost... there's always an almost."

After countless calculations and simulations, he concluded that physics, as he knew it, was powerless against the universe's wall. To escape, he needed to break physics entirely. And to do that, he had to rely on one thing—the singularity of black holes.

"The universe behaves so strangely around black holes," Alex reflected. "The singularity—an infinite point of density, gravity, and energy. Space and time don't exist in there. Inside the singularity, the rules of the universe bend, making, space and time not make sense and maybe, just maybe, they break. The event horizon is the universe's way of keeping singularities hidden, but if I can destroy the event horizon, I can expose that singularity. And with that... I might just have my way out."

He had read and knew this back on Earth, about the theoretical destruction of a black hole's event horizon. There were two ways to do it: overfeeding the black hole with too much matter or overspin it past its rotational limit. Both were difficult, but not impossible.

"A black hole has limits, just like anything else," Alex said to himself. "Feed it too much, and it'll refuse more. Spin it too fast, and its gravity can't keep up. Either way, you can break the event horizon, and once that's gone... there's nothing left to hide the singularity."

The time had come to put his plan into action. With the advancement of dark matter and dark energy technologies, combined with his space transfer systems, Alex had taken control of the entire universe—except for the universe's wall. Like a master coder programming reality, he could manipulate the universe itself. Yet even with all that power, the wall remained impenetrable.

"So, the only way out is through the singularity," Alex concluded. "And I know just how to do it."

He gave the order to AURA. "Gather all the black holes across the universe."

"Yes, Alex," AURA replied, her voice calm and mechanical. She had been his companion for eons, a constant presence in the lonely expanse of his existence. Together, they had conquered the stars. Now, they would break the universe.

Alex had prepared everything: the Blackhole Overfeeder, a device designed to push the black hole to its absolute limits. Overfeed it, spin it beyond control, and collapse the event horizon, exposing the singularity beneath. It was a bold plan, but it had to work.

"All right, AURA," he said, watching the tremors ripple through the fabric of spacetime as the device began its work. "Start the Blackhole Overfeeder."

The launch was successful, and immediately, Alex felt the universe tremble. Spacetime itself seemed to bend, and the event horizon began to collapse.

As the universe trembled around him, Alex couldn't help but reflect on his journey. This universe had been both his home and his prison for so long. He had achieved so much—researched everything from quantum physics to the theory of everything. He had watched stars die and black holes form. And yet, for all his accomplishments, the universe had grown stagnant. Culture had frozen in time, and entertainment was still stuck in the 2020s.

He played games and created new technologies, but there was something deeply boring about it all. "The truth is, I've been waiting for something new," he admitted. "All this research, all this expansion... it's been lonely. No intelligent life, no way to break the monotony."

But now, as the universe cracked around him, he felt the thrill of the unknown once more.

As the tremors intensified and spacetime bent beyond recognition, Alex saw it, the event horizon shattered, and for the first time, the singularity was exposed.

"AURA," he whispered, "we've done it."

With the singularity exposed, Alex initiated the final phase. The universe wall began to collapse under the weight of the singularity's infinite energy, cracking open like an egg.

"Now," Alex said, his voice calm but filled with excitement, "transfer us out of the universe."

With a rush of energy, he felt himself pulled into the singularity, beyond space and time. The last thing he saw was a blinding white light filling his vision as the walls of the universe crumbled around him.

Then came the sound, a sharp, deafening bang.

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Author's note: I dunno what to do next after this. Comment if you have anything to suggest. What will you do and where you will be going after this?