The burst of light lasted only an instant, followed by complete darkness.
No trace of light remained. Not even a sliver. Worse still, there was no pain, no sensation of any kind. It was as if he had been completely severed from reality in a single moment.
His mind was thrown into chaos by the sudden shift, and before he could process anything further, the world before him changed.
From absolute darkness, it transitioned into something else entirely, something unfamiliar, something that did not belong to any place he should have been.
He was no longer buried beneath tons of collapsed earth. He was not even in the same position anymore. Instead, he was suspended in midair, weightless, as though gravity no longer applied to him at all. He was observing a scene completely detached from the situation he had been in just moments ago.
"This… what the hell is happening?" he muttered, but no sound came out.
