Chapter 288 Hungry Darkness

The dark energy black hole surged to life with an ominous, explosive hum like the growl of some primordial beast. What started as a small, swirling orb of absolute darkness, no larger than a football, grew exponentially within seconds. The black hole's event horizon rippled and distorted the space around it as if reality itself was being torn asunder. The gravitational pull was strong and immediate, yanking everything within a mile radius towards itself. Loose sand from the surrounding dunes lifted in swirling vortices. Rocks of the desert, debris scattered in the battlefield, twisted metal scraps from destroyed vehicles, abandoned weapons lying in the blood-soaked sand, and broken barricades hurtled into the blackness. The air itself seemed to warp and bend. Light refracted unnaturally as the black hole's gravity surged, creating a halo of distorted mirages around its edges. Hundreds of soldiers and mercenaries, dead and alive, were caught in the sudden, unrelenting trap. Their scream