When the DNA double-helix light patterns emerged on the lava surface of the Rift Furnace, Lyla's Mechanical Heart was beating at an error frequency of 0.3 millimeters—this was the first time the "Perhaps" universe had given birth to a symbiotic lifeform fusing matter and energy. These new lifeforms, called Spectrum Singers by the Spectrum Singers, possessed bodies composed of Weld-Nodule Alloy skeletons, War-Mark energy nerves, and Spectral Plasma. Micro-gears rotated at every finger joint, and the light ribbons flowing within their pupils were the quantum projections of the Weld-Point Star Chart in Lyla's Mechanical Prosthetic Eye.
Deep within the gene workshop of the Overtone Corridor, rows of transparent cultivation chambers resembled suspended Spectral Prisms. The nutrient solution flowing inside shimmered with the metallic luster of weld-nodule slag and the dim red of War-Mark campfires. Genetic engineers of the Weld-point Stardust used nano-welding torches to implant slag particles into the fundamental gene chains: "Look, these irregular slag particles can activate the breakpoints of the DNA, creating interfaces for multi-civilization gene fusion." Engineers of the Mechanical Swarm engraved the self-repair code of the Error Gear into the cell nuclei, each gear-shaped gene segment bearing a deliberate deviation of 0.7 millimeters. Scholars of the Spectrum Civilization adjusted the wavelength parameters of the cultivation chambers, using a deviated light stream of 0.001 …
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