The Hidden Extra: The Lazy Prince Refuses to Ascend The Throne Chapter 906 A Journey Through the Universe

"Everything is dark... What's going on? How did this happen?"

"Didn't I... enter the portal connecting the two worlds? Why is there nothing but darkness around me?"

Nolan felt a powerful force pulling him forward. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't resist it.

Even the power of the Singularity of Chaos, which he had always believed to be invincible, was rendered completely useless, as if some unseen law had sealed it away.

Nolan had no idea how much time had passed.

One day? Three days? A month? Or maybe... a whole year?

One thing was certain—he had been drifting through that endless darkness for a very long time.

Buzz!

A white portal suddenly appeared in the distance.

Nolan's eyes widened, and his body trembled with excitement.

"Finally... Light!"

A second later, he shot through the portal with a faint whoosh.

When Nolan opened his eyes, a breathtaking sight unfolded before him.

Endless darkness stretched in every direction.

But this time, unlike before, millions of points of light glittered across the vast expanse.

"This..."

Nolan stared in disbelief.

"The universe!?"

His heart pounded against his chest, and his breathing grew ragged.

He had no idea how he'd ended up here, but one thing was certain—he was standing in the endless expanse of the universe.

Suddenly, he felt an overwhelming presence behind him.

He turned around and froze. Before him hung a colossal blue star.

It was far larger than anything Nolan had ever imagined. It was enormous... majestic... and unimaginably hot.

Standing before it, he couldn't help but feel small and insignificant.

Strangely, he wasn't burning, though he was so close to the star.

Only then did he realize he could still breathe in the vacuum of space, where no air should have existed.

As he stood there, taking in the breathtaking sight, the mysterious force pulled him forward once again.

In an instant, space and time froze around him. Yet Nolan continued moving, racing through the cosmos faster than light.

A few moments later, everything returned to normal. By then, he had already arrived somewhere else.

This time, he found himself in a star system unlike any he had ever seen. In the distance, a yellow star, much like the sun, shone brilliantly.

Five planets orbited around it. Although the system resembled the solar system from his home world at first glance, he was certain it wasn't the same place.

The second planet was an ice world, yet it was pitch black, as if it had been scorched by its own star.

Meanwhile, the two outermost planets were massive gas giants, making life there impossible.

Fwoosh!

The powerful force returned. This time, the distortion of space and time lasted much longer than before.

When Nolan opened his eyes again, he found himself drifting through an endless void.

As far as he could see, there wasn't a single star—only endless darkness.

"W-What's going on? Is my journey over?"

Before he could make sense of it, Nolan suddenly felt a gentle push from behind.

He turned around and froze. His eyes widened, and his heart skipped a beat.

It felt as though he had just seen a ghost.

No... even a ghost was nothing compared to what lay before him.

A colossal black hole stretched across the void.

If the blue star he had seen earlier had made him feel as small as a speck of dust, then before this black hole, he felt even more insignificant.

It was thousands... millions... perhaps even hundreds of millions of times larger than that blue star.

A crimson ring of light circled its event horizon, trapped by its immense gravity.

The sight was both breathtaking and terrifying.

The black hole pulsed slowly, almost as if it were beating in sync with Nolan's own heart.

The radiation it gave off was powerful enough to wipe out an entire planet.

Yet Nolan remained completely unharmed. He had no idea how it was possible.

Even so, he couldn't shake the feeling that the mysterious figure guiding him through the universe had been protecting him every step of the way.

If that was true, it would explain why he was completely unaffected by the terrifying radiation from both the blue star he had seen earlier and the black hole before him.

"Crazy... This is absolutely crazy!"

Before reincarnating as Nolan Lorian, he had been the heir to the Frey family.

As a result, he had access to countless books. Astronomy quickly became one of his favorite subjects, and he spent much of his spare time reading about it.

The Black Hole spell he used to defeat his enemies had been inspired by real black holes.

Yet now, standing before an actual one, he felt utterly powerless.

Once again, even the Singularity of Chaos—the name he had always worn with pride—seemed insignificant before the supermassive black hole stretching across the void.

Before he could even process what he was seeing, the mysterious force pulled him away once again.

When Nolan opened his eyes, he found himself in yet another unfamiliar star system.

In the distance, a yellow star shone brightly, much like the sun.

His gaze soon shifted to the three planets orbiting it.

Instantly, his eyes locked onto the third planet. It was blue—almost identical to Earth.

"H-Have I finally... come back?"

Joy surged through him. Before he could enjoy the moment, something incredible caught his attention.

He saw what looked like a natural satellite.

No... it wasn't a satellite.

It was another planet—one that bore a striking resemblance to the blue world he had mistaken for Earth.

What made the sight even more unbelievable was that the planet didn't appear to be orbiting the star at all. Instead, it was orbiting the blue planet itself.

Logically, that was impossible. Two planets sharing the same orbit should either collide or have their trajectories altered by each other's gravitational pull.

"The universe really is unbelievable. No... maybe it's not the universe that's unbelievable. Maybe it's just that human understanding is too limited to comprehend it," Nolan muttered.

After seeing the strange planet orbiting the blue world, Nolan became even more certain that this wasn't the solar system he had come from.

Fwoosh!

The mysterious force pulled him away once again.

Nolan couldn't help but wonder why the mysterious figure had taken him on this journey across the universe.

Is that figure trying to show me how insignificant I really am?

If so... why?

Unable to find any answers, Nolan pushed the questions from his mind and let the mysterious force guide him onward.

Seconds passed, yet the force showed no sign of stopping.

"What's happening? Why is this taking longer than before?"

Just as the thought crossed his mind, the pulling sensation suddenly disappeared.

Beep... Beep... Beep...

A strange beeping sound echoed in his right ear.

Nolan slowly opened his eyes and was greeted by the ceiling of an unfamiliar room.

"Where... am I?"