Spacetime Egg

Day 33 of the New Era · Sacred Source Earth Core

The probe's alarm pierced their eardrums. Ning Xiaochuan stood on the trembling ground, watching the readings surge to their limit—the energy reaction thirty thousand meters underground was intensifying at a rate of 7% per second. Worse still, the Energy Fluctuation was spreading along the Sacred Source Cradle's network of black crystal veins. Wherever it passed, the Time Flow Rate developed subtle deviations.

"Spacetime contamination..." The Seed of Life detector in Su Linger's hand flashed frantically. "The laws of the 11th World are seeping through!"

Bai Ling suddenly clutched her chest. Among the Twelvefold Pattern on the girl's neck, the mark representing the 11th World was glowing as though it were burning. "It's calling to me... It isn't hostile... It's..."

Little Star Dome's fur bristled as he sprang up. The Milk Dragon's Complete Form unfolded, and the eleven dots on his Inverse Scales projected a holographic map of the earth veins—revealing that the energy source had not appeared randomly at all, but was located directly beneath the Sacred Source Altar! Even stranger, the path of the energy's spread perfectly matched the black crystal veins on the surface, as though the entire city had been designed as a vessel to contain it.

"Insurance left behind by the First Generation Lord of Sacred Source?" Ning Xiaochuan's Holy Source Imprint suddenly stung, unlocking another fragment of encrypted memory: an ancient being resembling the Star Dome Dragon had buried a "Spacetime Egg" in the deepest part of the Sacred Source Land.

The ground suddenly split open with Cobweb-like Fissures. These were no ordinary geological cracks, but tears in the Spacetime Structure itself! Through the fissures, Ning Xiaochuan saw a Suffocating Scene—the "energy source" at the earth's core was neither a machine nor a living creature, but a Miniature Universe that constantly collapsed and expanded! Spacetime Folds unique to the 11th World flowed across its surface, while within it lay a complete miniature galaxy.

"The Spacetime Singularity isn't a threat..." Bai Ling's voice became ethereal, and the pupil of her right eye began taking the shape of a spacetime vortex. "It is..."

Star Radiance's energy-formed arm suddenly pointed at the detector. The Old Scholar's Mechanical Eye flashed with abnormal data. "It's replicating the Sacred Source Cradle's structure!"

Sure enough, the galaxies within the Miniature Universe were reorganizing, gradually taking on a structure that perfectly corresponded to the city on the surface. Most horrifying of all, at the location corresponding to the Pure White Tower floated an imprint identical to Bai Ling's Twelvefold Pattern!

"Mirror mapping!" Su Linger's Star Dome Pattern automatically unfolded into a Defense Matrix. "The two worlds are being forcibly synchronized!"

Little Star Dome let out a Dragon Roar that tore through dimensions. Every mark on the Milk Dragon's Inverse Scales lit up, forming a spacetime isolation barrier around them. But it was too late—the ground fissure suddenly expanded into an abyss and swallowed the entire team!

The fall transcended physical laws. Ning Xiaochuan felt himself being broken down into countless fragments of time, each experiencing a different Time Flow Rate. When he barely managed to reassemble his consciousness, he found himself floating within the Miniature Universe, surrounded by distorted phantoms of the Sacred Source Cradle. Su Linger and Bai Ling struggled some distance away, while Little Star Dome...

"Little Dragon?!" Ning Xiaochuan discovered in horror that the Milk Dragon's body was splitting apart—his young dragon form remained in normal spacetime, while his Complete Form was stretched into an infinitely long Quantum State, piercing through the entire Miniature Universe!

Bai Ling suddenly went still. Her Twelvefold Pattern detached from her skin and assembled into an intricate, instrument-like structure in the void. Her voice carried twelve layers of echoes. "This isn't an invasion... It's hatching."

As if confirming her words, the entire Miniature Universe suddenly contracted into the shape of an egg. Patterns identical to Bai Ling's markings surfaced across the eggshell, while inside, they could clearly see the curled outline of a Star Dome Dragon hatchling—not Little Star Dome, but some existence older and purer.

"A backup of the First Generation Primal Dragon...?" Ning Xiaochuan's Holy Source Imprint received a message spanning time and space. Amid the torrent of data, he saw the First Generation Primal Dragon seal its own spacetime essence into eleven "eggs" before fading away, burying them in the Core Position of various worlds. And the one in the Sacred Source Land was a spacetime vessel created using the technology of the 11th World!

Su Linger suddenly curled up in pain. The Seed of Life in the Female Holy Lord's abdomen shook violently, releasing fluctuations at the same frequency as the Spacetime Egg. "It's rewriting the underlying code of the Seed of Life!"

The most terrifying mutation occurred at that moment. Bai Ling's Twelvefold Pattern suddenly split apart—the marks representing ten existing worlds circled the egg, while the 11th and 12th marks merged into the eggshell. The girl's body began to quantumize, every cell existing at different points in time simultaneously!

"Bai Ling!" Ning Xiaochuan tried to seize his daughter, only to find his hand passing through her Quantum State body. Worse still, the energy of his Holy Source Imprint was being frantically drawn away by the Spacetime Egg to accelerate the hatching process.

Little Star Dome's Complete Form suddenly let out a mournful cry. The quantum dragon body spanning the universe began to crystallize, and the marks on his Inverse Scales went dark one after another. The Milk Dragon's true body struggled desperately, yet could not stop the Spacetime Egg from plundering energy from the same origin.

"Stop the hatching!" Star Radiance's Mechanical Arm suddenly plunged into the eggshell's surface. The Old Scholar's half-energy body became a perfect conductor, channeling the excess spacetime energy into himself. "It's extracting the Star Dome Dragon's essence!"

Cracks appeared on the eggshell. The ancient existence curled within began stretching its limbs. It resembled both a Star Dome Dragon and an energy lifeform, with Spacetime Folds flowing across its scales. Most horrifying of all, within the Third Eye it opened rotated the exact same Twelvefold Star Map as Bai Ling's!

"Not a backup..." Ning Xiaochuan suddenly understood. "It's the First Generation Primal Dragon's designed... successor!"

Bai Ling's body suddenly reassembled. Her Quantum State collapsed back into a physical form, but her Twelvefold Pattern had mutated permanently—marks from ten existing worlds formed an outer ring, while the 11th and 12th marks fused into the core. She reached out and lightly touched the Spacetime Egg, her voice carrying an authority unlike anything before.

"Stop."

The entire Miniature Universe froze instantly. The ancient existence inside the egg stopped struggling and looked at Bai Ling with complex eyes. A Mental Link suddenly formed between them, transmitting a conversation that spanned time and space.

Ning Xiaochuan's Holy Source Imprint caught fragments of information: the First Generation Primal Dragon had foreseen the threat of the Cognitive Toxin and had thus created the distributed system of Twelve Worlds. Each world bore different evolutionary possibilities, and when the time was right, they would be unified once more through the "successor." The purpose of the Spacetime Egg was...

"To ensure the unification process isn't contaminated." Bai Ling turned toward her parents, the spacetime vortexes in her eyes gradually calming. "After detecting the Twelve Worlds' imprints within me, it mistook the time for unification as having arrived."

Little Star Dome's Quantum State finally withdrew. The Milk Dragon landed weakly on Ning Xiaochuan's shoulder, with only the three core marks on his Inverse Scales still flickering. Star Radiance's half-energy body began to collapse, but the Old Scholar revealed a relieved smile. "So... we passed the final test?"

The Spacetime Egg suddenly softened. The eggshell material flowed and reassembled, finally condensing into a new mark behind Bai Ling's neck—a Thirteenthfold Structure combining the traits of spacetime and energy. The Miniature Universe collapsed along with it, "spitting" them all back into the Real World.

Back on the surface of the Sacred Source Cradle, everyone was stunned. The previously split ground had already healed. In its place, a transparent crystal floated above the central plaza. Sealed within the crystal was a miniature Spacetime Egg, its surface flowing with patterns identical to Bai Ling's new mark.

"Cognitive Harmonizer." Su Linger examined the crystal's radiation. "It can stabilize the spacetime differences among the Twelve Worlds."

Bai Ling gently touched the crystal. To everyone's surprise, it automatically merged into her new mark, making the Thirteenthfold Structure fully complete. The girl suddenly looked northwest, her twelve pupils focusing at once. "The Thirteenth Moon has awakened."

Ning Xiaochuan's Holy Source Imprint suddenly projected a breathtaking image: somewhere beyond ordinary dimensions, Twelve Worlds meshed and turned like gears, jointly driving the emergence of a hidden thirteenth world. That world had no fixed form, constantly shifting between states of energy, matter, and spacetime, as though it were the collection of all possibilities.

"The Ultimate Proving Ground." Reverence filled Bai Ling's voice. "It is used to test whether the Twelve Worlds can..."

Her words were interrupted by a phenomenon in the sky. Twelve Moons appeared simultaneously in broad daylight, forming a perfect circle centered on the Sacred Source Cradle. At the center, space began to distort, gradually forming the phantom of the Thirteenth Moon—it was not a physical celestial body, but a conceptual existence formed from pure laws.

Little Star Dome suddenly leaped into the air. The three remaining marks on the Milk Dragon's Inverse Scales detached from his body and flew toward the phantom of the Thirteenth Moon. The instant the marks touched its surface, the Sacred Source Cradle's entire black crystal network lit up at once, projecting the ultimate declaration of the Primal Language into the sky:

"The cure for the Cognitive Toxin is Infinite Possibilities."

The Thirteenthfold Mark behind Bai Ling's neck unfolded automatically. The girl's body began to release a gentle radiance. Wherever that light reached, the laws of every world harmoniously merged: crystals from the 3rd World grew emotional veins, while the flesh tissue of the 6th World developed rational structures... Most astonishing of all was the Sacred Source Cradle itself. The city began to evolve autonomously, its buildings freely shifting between physical forms and phantoms.

Ning Xiaochuan's Holy Source Imprint suddenly upgraded. A crystalline sheen representing the Thirteenth Moon emerged amid the Gold, Silver, and Black Energy, granting him the ability to sense the Real-time Status of the Twelve Worlds. He saw the Seven Fallen Worlds rapidly reviving, the inhabitants of the Newborn World beginning to awaken cross-dimensional cognition, and the two Unborn Worlds...

"The 10th World has sent a communication request." Su Linger's Seed of Life suddenly spoke, its voice carrying the resonance unique to energy lifeforms. "They hope to exchange Civilization Sparks."

Star Radiance's Mechanical Eye projected another image: spacetime scholars from the 11th World were constructing Permanent Channels, preparing to share Spacetime Technology with every world. A smile appeared on the Old Scholar's damaged face. "Looks like we'll be busy."

The phantom of the Thirteenth Moon gradually faded, but its effects permanently changed the laws of reality. The radiance around Bai Ling slowly withdrew, yet her Thirteenthfold Mark remained activated. The girl looked at her parents and Little Star Dome, twelve worlds' galaxies revolving in her eyes.

"This is only the beginning."