Max stepped through the door, and the moment he did, the world behind him vanished. The sensation was disorienting, as if every sense he possessed had been stripped away at once.
The ground disappeared from beneath his feet, and for a moment, it felt like he was falling endlessly through a bottomless chasm. Yet there was no wind, no sound, and no light. Only stillness.
When his body finally stabilized, he found himself standing on what appeared to be solid ground, though he couldn't see it. Everything around him was swallowed by darkness. There was no sky, no horizon, and not even the faintest glimmer of light.
The blackness was complete, stretching infinitely in every direction. It wasn't the kind of darkness that existed in the night sky, where distant stars broke through the void—it was purer, thicker, and far more oppressive.
