Chapter 93

Glitch Sector, Quantum Opera House Deep Space Observatory, Cosmic Era 1039, Winter Laila’s Mechanical Prosthetic Eye suddenly captured an abnormal spectrum—star trails that were once as soft as latte art were now rippling with viscous black waves, bearing a striking resemblance to the unfermented coffee grounds on a humus altar. The coffee foam interface on the surface of the operation console trembled violently, and Mobao No. 4’s gear heart oozed metallic-tasting mucus, spelling out a distorted warning across the panel: "Humus circulation channel... blocked by an unknown substance!" She noticed fine silver scales shimmering at the edge of the mucus, identical to the insect-gnawed marks on the mysterious vines. In the distance, the Panda Star emitted a harsh alarm, and Moke’s holographic projection flickered with static noise: "All failed art installations have broken down en masse! Strange vines are... growing inside the gears! The growth frequency of these vines matches the fault waveform recorded at the birth of the first-generation Mechanical Panda!" Before the communication of the Primitive Tribe’s Topological Vine was cut off, the shaman tremblingly raised a bone flute, the silver threads wrapped around it writhing in binary code patterns.