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Myriad Faces' voice changed as well. "What it consumes is definition itself. Not borrowing, not reclaiming—complete consumption. Any definition it devours vanishes forever, without even a record that it ever existed."

Iron Curtain Overlord stared at the scene, his pupils contracting sharply. He abruptly turned toward Lin Ye, his voice carrying terror unlike anything before:

"It... it is exactly the same as our definition-plundering technology..."

Lin Ye said nothing. His multicolored pupils had settled on the deepest purple—the color of "truth."

Iron Curtain Overlord continued in a trembling voice. "The being that sold us the technology... said it was called the 'Foreknower.' It said this was the only way to save our universe."

Harmonic Leaptone suddenly looked up. "The Foreknower? In the previous cosmic era, before the Nullifier was created, a 'Foreknower' also appeared before the Tuners."

Everyone turned to look at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye was silent for three seconds. Then he spoke, his voice terrifyingly calm:

"It has manipulated things from behind the scenes for endless eras. The Nullifier, the Iron Curtain, the Devouring Offspring—they were all its pieces on the board."

Iron Curtain Overlord took a step back. "You mean... we have been used all along?"

"Not used. Fed." Lin Ye raised a hand and pointed into the depths of the Definition Sea. "Most of the definitions you plundered were never used to save your universe. You were merely conduits. The definitions flowed through you into that embryo."

Iron Curtain Overlord's body shook violently. Signs of definition instability appeared across his hundred thousand warriors at once—not because they had been attacked, but because their faith had collapsed.

Harmonic Leaptone took a deep breath. "Tuner, what do we do now?"

Lin Ye looked into the depths of the Definition Sea. The twenty-three million stars on his cloak all