A Billion Years Before the End of the World

"I was told that this road would lead to the ocean of death, and halfway I turned back. Since then, all that stretches before me are crooked, deaf, roundabout paths…"
The path to knowledge is a road into the unknown. There, you will grope your way under the watchful gaze of the Universe. And it doesn't matter whether you shouted "Eureka!" – it already knows that you have lifted the veil of mystery and has you in its sights. What will you do: continue on the path or, resigned, turn onto a trail – deaf, narrow and… safe?