The causal structure of the universe completed its full transition from its old state to a new one as he executed the program.
He sensed that transition advancing at a uniform rate across the entire region. Its leading edge expanded outward from the vessel's location into the surrounding space. As it spread, it layer by layer covered every network node the main family had deployed throughout the star field, section by section restructured the underlying protocols of the signal transmission channels between those nodes, and branch by branch corrected the timeline divergences whose parameters had been disrupted during the formation of the causal turbulence. In his perception, those timeline branches radiated outward with his current time as their reference point. During the program's execution, every branch was recalibrated from a state of running away from its original trajectory to one aligned with the repaired and rejoined main timeline. The regions affected by the turbulence underwent a point-by-point inspection of every parameter of existence within their boundaries, followed by whatever adjustments were necessary. The adjustments covered the recalibration of the spatial coordinate precision of all matter in those regions, the rebalancing of the intensity values of all energy fields, and the synchronization of the flow rate of all time currents within those areas with the time current outside them.
He remained fully connected to the program's execution flow throughout its operation. He sensed the rhythm with which confirmation signals returned to his perception upon the completion of each step. Those signals accumulated continuously in his awareness, forming an execution log arranged in chronological order. When the program reached roughly two-thirds completion, he sensed that its energy consumption rate differed by less than five percent from the consumption curve Shibai had projected in that data packet. Actual consumption was slightly lower than