Radiant Stilllight looked at Lin Ye. "If this is true, then what we are facing is no longer a single attack program, but merely the tip of the iceberg of a grand plan aimed at rebooting or ending the entire universe."
Lin Ye drew 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 about 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 completely 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 millions of times heavier. What the New Era had to fight might not merely be the remnants of several extreme ideologies, nor merely a conceptual nemesis like Shadow of Paradox, but an End Times 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. Order's Dawn Coordinator, concentrate all computing power and use these fragments as clues to rescan the depths of the Thought Sea and the Entropy Silence Darkside region. Search for any possible 'unnatural structures,' 'regular signals,' or 'blueprint traces.' At the same time, strengthen early warnings and deep defenses for all connected civilizations, especially those matching the 'target tendency.'"
He paused and looked at 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 demands must now be upgraded—we need any clues