Cost of Burning

On the day when the light comes, the whole world cheers. Free energy falls from the sky, and humans no longer need to work, explore, or think. Only Cheng Xu voted against. He was exiled to the end of the universe, only to find that there were 1,371 tombstones standing there - each with his name engraved on it. Under the tombstone is buried the "self" in the parallel universe. They use life as fuel, pouring all their energy into the same dark matter weapon, just to fire one shot at the gods who harvest civilization. Cheng Xu was the last one. The fuel is full and the gun is loaded. But the price of this shot was everything he had.