Hope

Why did this repulsion exist in the first place?

'I used System's powers.' Varian forcibly kept his eyes open.

This repulsion should also happen due to System's powers. Neither the exhausted Enigma nor he had any energy to create this repulsion.

This energy must be coming from elsewhere!

Varian gritted his teeth and forced himself to sit. As he did, a couple of space currents passed by him, and one of them made a sharp cut on his face.

Varian grimaced instinctively but kept his focus on the inside.

After the fiasco where he nearly destroyed ghostship, Varian tried to use the System's powers again at least a few thousand times. It felt like he was trying to catch the air. He caught nothing.

If he couldn't use the dormant powers of the slivers inside him, then maybe he could use the active energy of the slivers that are causing the repulsion.