Glitch Sector, Scorch Council Hall, Cosmic Calendar Year 1006
Laila tapped the council bell, which had been refitted from a human-era coffee maker. Scorch marks on its metallic surface shimmered in the light. In the holographic projection, representatives from three thousand universes attended the meeting via the "Glitch Channel"—the images occasionally stuttered and suffered from color imbalance, which had paradoxically become recognized as the "normal signal." This agenda focused on a special proposal: "Resolution on Opening Space-Time Rifts for Glitch Archaeology."
The projection of the higher civilization representative flickered with a cautious blue light: "Opening space-time rifts may trigger paradoxes. If primitive Earthlings discover the future Glitch Philosophy, history will be rewritten." He brought up a simulation: in a certain timeline, humans thoroughly stifled the conflict between technology and cultivation by learning about glitch symbiosis in advance, leaving civilization's development stagnant in a "perfect yet dead" state.
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