The Prototype's First Cry: Aftermath and Trial by Sword

The light of the Concept Furnace gradually faded.

[Myriad Phenomena Epic: Prototype] floated before Lin Ye, formless and shapeless, yet seeming to contain the possibility of every form. Within the hub, the consciousnesses of Radiant Stilllight, Harmonic Leaptone, and the Xuxi Coordinator focused upon it, filled with astonishment and anticipation.

"The prototype is stable. Its resonance rate with the deeper layers of the network is 99.99%, with no rejection response." The Xuxi Coordinator's report carried a rare hint of emotional fluctuation. "Its conceptual radiation field is spontaneously calibrating. Its coverage has already exceeded this hub and is spreading toward the network's fringe civilization zones."

Lin Ye reached out—not physically, but with the heart of "contemplation," lightly touching the prototype's core.

A vast torrent of information surged into him.

He "saw" the unique fluctuations of the "definition fields" of every connected civilization, like countless spectra. Some were solid and bright, some swayed in fragility, and a few were being entangled by dim "definition erosion vortices."

He "heard" the "noise" within the cosmic background—the conceptual echoes of civilization activity, anomalous rule fluctuations, and even rhythmic "signal pulses" from the depths of the Entropy-Silent Darkside.

He "sensed" an entirely new "depth of connection." Through the prototype, he could create "resonant reinforcement" with a civilization's core definition field in a more fundamental way, conveying his understanding of "dynamic order" as though providing a "cognitive scaffold" or "definition anchor."

"So this is... the prototype's vision," Lin Ye murmured.

"Tuner," Radiant Stilllight said gravely, "the aftereffects of the prototype's activation are too conspicuous. At least seventeen 'shallow activity zones' in the Entropy-Silent Darkside have displayed abnormal fluctuations pointing toward us. We may have shifted from an 'observation target' to a 'prominent signal source.'"

"As expected." Lin Ye withdrew his senses, his gaze sharp. "The prototype itself