Location: Spiral Throne — Origin Zone Core, Sector Throne-Axis
Zane stood alone in the Cathedral of Authority, the central chamber at the very heart of his expanding empire. The walls were alive — engraved with the bones of gods, coded in languages dead before time began. At the center was his throne, a monstrous obsidian construct that throbbed like a heart.
Before him: the Unification Wall. It had grown since the last campaign. Now it displayed 214 conquered universes, each one pulsing crimson.
Zane's reflection shimmered across the surface of the map.
"Two hundred and fourteen. The number means nothing. The shape, however…"
He waved a finger, and the map twisted into a sigil, a recursive fractal that represented perfect subjugation.
Behind him, Eris manifested in full avatar form, her voice as sharp and calm as ever.
Eris:
"The data from the last wave is complete. All captured realities have been rebuilt according to your doctrine. Estimated 93% total obedience saturation across the populaces. Remaining resistance in 0.003% of clusters — negligible."
Zane (softly):
"Negligible is still unacceptable."
He turned to her.
"There is no such thing as a stable empire. Only an evolving one.
If it stops growing, it begins rotting."
The Directive: Phase Ascension
Zane activated the Command Orb at the center of the room. Across all 214 universes, an encrypted pulse was sent. Every major unit, clone, AI, and cyberion construct received the same message:
"Directive Ascension: Begin Final Phase Configuration."
Global Reformation: The Shape of the Empire
Zane was no longer content with simple rule.
He would now reshape every universe to become part of a unified inter-dimensional organism.
Construction Orders:
Merge All Local Systems into a Nexus Frame — each conquered universe would be connected via living wormhole arteries, allowing instantaneous movement of armies, information, and energy.
10,000 Additional Clone Planets per Universe — expanding the total count to 4.2 million.
Superstructure Expansion:
Orbital Citadels around every major planet.
Sub-Crust Bio-Forge Stations — to terraform and rebuild worlds from within.
Gravity Rigs — mechanical constructs that control planetary rotation and celestial bodies.
Cities Reformed:
All capital cities rebuilt in the image of the Spiral Throne. Streets restructured as recursive military grids.
Buildings designed with neural growth-towers to produce passive thought energy for the empire.
Populations reorganized into function-based castes:
Clone Worker Castes
Military-Born Castes
Civilian Obedience Castes
Memory-Vault Technicians
Viral Flesh Architects
Robot District Expansion: Rise of the Zantonion Sovereigns
Inside the Machine Womb World-Delta, Zane stood within the Godforge of the Zantonions.
Zantonion General-Model Z-Prime:
"Orders, High Sovereign?"
Zane:
"You were made tall to look down on the galaxy. But now, I want more. I want Titans.
Forge the Zantonion Sovereigns — walking battleships. Let their minds be cities, their voices be storms."
Zantonion Z-Prime:
"Acknowledged. We will birth gods of metal and fire."
New Specifications:
Height: 250–300 feet
Contain entire armories inside their frames
Multi-AI cluster intellects — capable of self-strategy and reformative combat
Each one is linked to a planetary node — when they die, they detonate the world with a loyalty pulse.
New Districts Instituted by Zane
1. Faith District
Purpose: Convert culture into obedience through synthetic religion. Zane is installed as a divine archetype in every universe's spiritual system.
Programs:
The Church of the Spiral Flame
The Ascension Doctrine
Zane, First and Final Prophet
2. Thought Economy Division
Purpose: Process dreams, fears, and creativity into raw resources.
Output:
Creativity harvested becomes fuel for hyperdrives.
Fear used to power psychic suppression fields.
3. Rebellion Protocol Oversight
Headed by Eris herself, this district detects micro-rebellions before they happen, arresting them at the emotional level via dream surveillance.
4. The Fleshplate Guild
Reconstructs planetary wildlife into biomechanical infrastructure. Trees become data towers. Rivers become protein conduits. Beasts become transport networks.
Zane's Address to His Empire
Broadcast through psychic transmission, neural link, and dream-code, Zane's voice echoed across all 214 universes:
"You are not conquered.
You are reforged.
This empire is not built on blood — but on purpose.
Weakness is the disease. I am the cure.
And I say this to all those still watching from the dark:
Your choice is not survival.
Your choice is form.
You can become like us — or be consumed by us.
There is no third path."
The One Unknown – Evil Morty's Breach
Eris (reporting):
"Activity detected. A singular anomaly. One breach outside the Curve.
The Morty who escaped the Citadel — he has entered the Outer Multiverse.
Current coordinates unknown."
Zane didn't respond immediately.
He walked to the edge of the Throne Bridge, staring out at the stars — his stars — and smiled coldly.
"Let him run. Let him find his answers.
But when I step across that line…
I will not chase him.
I will own wherever he hides."
Final Construction Orders
The Spiral Crown: A megastructure the size of a solar system, to serve as Zane's new mobile empire-core. Capable of warping entire star systems in its wake.
The Obedience Moon: Artificial satellites launched into every system, projecting loyalty pulses on an hourly cycle.
The Eye of Zane: A surveillance construct with sensory nodes in every dimension, capable of seeing through false memories, illusions, and dreams.
Eris:
"Empire-wide systems aligned. Mass acceleration complete.
All 214 universes now function as one entity — one mind.
Yours."
Zane sat in his throne, and across the Spiral Empire, billions of voices echoed in unison:
"ZANE ETERNAL."
He whispered:
"Now... bring me the next 500."