The instant Lyla's Weld-Point Mark outlined the 138th civilization coordinate in the quantum field, the first cry of a symbiotic embryo echoed from the Weld-Nodule Nursery at the edge of the Entropy Star Domain. It was a composite sound blending the initial click of gears turning, the crackle of newly ignited flames, and the hum of blooming spectra—like the Genesis noise intentionally preserved by the universe at its birth. And this was the newborn praise offered by the symbiotic universe to all imperfect existences.
In the core region of the Weld-Nodule Nursery, the "Symbiotic Nova," nurtured by the defective genes of 138 civilizations, was undergoing a staggering materialization. Floating in the quantum mist, these embryos exhibited surfaces flowing with the rugged texture of weld-nodule slag, the irregular light traces of war-pattern flames, and the deviated color bands of spectrum streams. Every embryo served as a living fossil of the defective traits of diverse civilizations. When Lyla's Energy Entity approached, the Weld-Point Mark resonated with the crooked weld marks on the surfaces of the embryos, projecting holograms into the quantum mist of various civilizations embracing their flaws for the first time: the trembling hands of the Mechanical Swarm's gear priest when signing the error report for the first time; the steadfast gaze of the war-mark maiden when carving the first irregular mark onto the Flame Totem; the smile at the corner of the spectrum apprentice's li…
Chapter 175