Mirror Image's Cry for Help

Radiant Stilllight looked at Lin Ye. "If this is true, then what we face is no longer a single attack program, but merely the tip of an iceberg in a grand plan intended to restart or end the entire universe."

Lin Ye took a deep breath of nonexistent "air." The information was too shocking, even beyond his expectations. What Shadow of Paradox had provided this time was no longer merely intelligence on the "Formatting Program," but a suffocatingly vast backdrop that might lie behind it.

"Credibility: 67.5%..." Lin Ye mulled over the number. "Shadow of Paradox itself may not be entirely certain. This is only its speculation. But combined with our previous discoveries—'optimization traces,' 'learning capability,' and explicit 'target selection'—this speculation is highly plausible."

The responsibility on his shoulders suddenly felt tens of millions of times heavier. What New Era had to fight might not merely be the legacy of several extreme ideologies, nor merely a conceptual nemesis like Shadow of Paradox, but a "terminal" will that sought to erase all "imbalance," all "unique noise," and return everything to absolute silence!

"We need verification." Lin Ye forced himself to calm down. "These fragments are valuable leads, but they cannot serve as final conclusions. Coordinator Xuxi, concentrate all computational power and use these fragments as clues to rescan the depths of the Thought Sea and the Entropy-Silent Darkside region. Search for any possible 'unnatural structures,' 'patterned signals,' or 'Blueprint traces.' At the same time, strengthen early warnings and deep defenses for all connected civilizations, especially those that fit the 'targeting tendencies.'"

He paused and looked toward the protocol interface, where the dangerous exchange was still ongoing.

"Continue exchanging information with Shadow of Paradox. It wants more resistance data; fine. But our needs have now escalated—we need any clues whatsoever regarding the