Gatekeeper of the Definition Sea

Myriad Faces forcefully scanned the area with its last remaining mirror surface, its voice filled with despair. "Development progress... seventy-five percent. It's accelerating. The Foreknower was its brake. Now that the Foreknower is gone, it's beginning to lose control."

Iron Curtain Overlord's face turned deathly pale. "Can we sever the umbilical cord?"

"The umbilical cord is connected to the Definition Mother itself. Severing it would be the same as attacking the Definition Mother." Myriad Faces paused. "The Definition Mother would define the attacker as a 'virus' and eliminate them."

Everyone fell silent.

Harmonic Leaptone looked at Lin Ye and saw the colors swirling through his irises changing rapidly—he was thinking at high speed, but not in panic. He was searching for the optimal solution.

Lin Ye spoke. "The Devouring Offspring isn't evil."

Everyone froze.

He continued in a calm voice. "The Definition Mother created it, but never gave it a definition for 'eating.' It has been hungry for endless eras. The Foreknower exploited that hunger and guided it into devouring the Definition Mother. But it doesn't know what it's doing."

Harmonic Leaptone frowned. "You mean... it's innocent?"

"It isn't innocent. It is 'undefined.' It doesn't know what it is, nor does it know what it should do. It has only instinct—hunger."

Lin Ye stepped toward the embryo.

Harmonic Leaptone grabbed his arm. "Tuner! You can't get close! It'll eat you!"

Lin Ye gently moved her hand away. "Then let it eat."

He walked to within ten meters of the embryo. The embryo was thousands of times larger than him, and every pulse stirred a storm on the level of definitions. The stars on Lin Ye's cloak flickered violently in the wind, but he did not stop.

He extended his right hand and pressed his palm against the embryo's surface.

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