In the year 2419, at the derelict Ω-12 Deep Space Military Station🌑, Kara, a star scavenger, glided across the shattered alloy deck on her mag-boots, the harsh screech of metal underfoot cutting through the dead silence of space🔊. Hired to recover classified military specimens left behind by the fallen Old Empire, she stumbled upon a sealed bio-lab pod, where this blue dagger was encased in sterile biogel💀. This is the standard-issue weapon of the Old Empire's 'Void Hunters' commando unit: the skull-shaped hilt is a replica of a void-radiation-mutated alien cranium, the ridged texture serving as a neural interface slot that directly connects to the user's spinal cord, syncing every combat reflex and instinct in real time🌀. The hollow channel along the blade was once filled with void condensate; upon contact with a void-contaminated target, it releases micro-dimensional rifts, tearing apart the prey's molecular structure and swallowing the remains into a tiny void cavity within the blade🌌. No sooner had Kara pulled the dagger from the gel than a guttural roar echoed outside the pod, and the alloy hatch began to buckle under the claws of a mutated creature. The skull's eye sockets on the dagger instantly flared with eerie blue light, and the neural module on the hilt grew warm to the touch—it was either her only chance at survival, or a deadly lure that would drag her into the endless void. Kara tightened her grip on the dagger, turning to face the monster about to break through the door, completely unaware that the residual void radiation in the biogel was quietly spreading up her fingertips, merging with her nervous system...