On the seventh day after peace returned to the Ember Era, Harmonic Leaping Note discovered an anomaly during a routine examination.
Lin Ye's definition density was dropping by 0.3 percent a day. At that rate, he would dissipate completely in thirty-three days.
"Tuner, you knew about this." Harmonic Leaping Note stood before him, her thirty-six layers of harmonics trembling violently.
Lin Ye sat on a Definition Fragment at the edge of the star sea. The twenty-five million stars on his cloak twinkled steadily. He did not look up.
"Yes."
"Since when?"
"The first day I came back."
Harmonic Leaping Note clenched her fists, forced herself to calm down, and began a harmonic scan. The results were worse than she had expected-the right half of Lin Ye's body was already completely transparent, transparent on the level of definition. The definition of his existence was slowly being stripped away. The left half had begun showing the same symptoms.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Her voice shook.
Lin Ye turned to look at her. His eyes, which had once shimmered with sixty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven colors, now held fewer than forty thousand.
"And if I told you, what then?" His tone was calm. "You'd cry, try to find a solution, and waste your time and energy."
"You're not destined to disappear!" Harmonic Leaping Note roared. All thirty-six layers of harmonics burst outward at once, sending ripples through the star sea.
Lin Ye watched quietly until she had finished venting.
Harmonic Leaping Note knelt before him, tears sliding silently down her face. "Please. Let us find a way."
Lin Ye was silent for three seconds, then reached out and gently patted her head. "All right."
The news spread throughout the Ember Era in less than half a day. Three hundred and seventy