The quantum residual heat from the collapse of the diaper-based nano-city still lingered on Lin Mo’s fingertips. On his retinal projection, architectural schematics from the twenty-second century danced and flickered. He gazed down at the child sleeping soundly in the crib; the miniature cities that had spontaneously assembled on the diaper were now shimmering like photons across the infant’s eyelashes.
"The Board of Directors’ materials..." Su Yuqing’s voice suddenly echoed back from the eleventh dimension. Her quantized fingers passed through the infant’s fontanelle. "The child’s pineal gland is glowing."
Lin Mo pulled up the System panel. The words [WARNING: Abnormal photosynthesis detected] burned in the air. He reached out to catch the language crystals drifting from the infant’s breath—translucent polyhedrons existing somewhere between carbon-based and silicon-based life, each facet refracting the scripts of different civilizations.
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