The seeming calm that reigned over the Multiverse, now reconsolidated after the creation of the buffer space for the Fragmentary Shadow, seemed to be a sign of renewed stability.玛拉和科斯特勒注视着复杂的命运之网,每一条时间之线都保持着和谐。然而,他们内心深处却觉得这个秩序太脆弱了。一如既往,沉默只是新转变的前奏。
The Multiverse had evolved into a Multiple Infinity, a vastness of interconnected realities, but not all consciousnesses were at peace with this new balance. Although the Fragmentary Shadow had been isolated in a separate dimension, a lingering sense of tension had begun to pulse through the thongs again.这就像一种从遥远的地方传来的无声却强大的振动,似乎已经被遗忘或忽视了很长时间。
科斯特勒同意了,他看着时间图,发现在安静的现实背景中出现了奇怪的波动。 "It seems to come from an unknown region of the Multiverse. An area we have never fully explored. This is no mere disturbance, but an echo of an ancient event."
两名守护者意识到这个信号不容忽视。如果多元宇宙要继续进化,就必须调查这个来源,必须解开这个谜团。
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As MaRa and CosTelor headed towards the source of the fluctuation, they discovered an unknown region where the structure of the Multiverse seemed different.这是一个现实并不像多重无限那样和谐地融合在一起的地方。相反,它们似乎被悬浮起来,就像不完整的碎片一样,每个都陷入自己的循环中,无法与其他人互动。
玛拉深入观察这片扭曲的区域。 "These realities… were never integrated into the Multiverse. They are the remnants of an ancient structure from before the existence of the Infinite Multiple."
当他们前进时,他们感觉到隐藏在这些支离破碎的现实背后的古老存在。 It was something they had never encountered—a force that seemed to be tied to the origins of the Multiverse, a being that had existed since the beginning of creation.
从这些悬浮现实的黑暗中,一个声音开始说话。声音低沉而洪亮,仿佛来自时间的深处。
“你回来了,”那个声音说道。 “你玩弄了存在的结构。你回到了我身边。”
玛拉和科斯特勒环顾四周,试图找到那个声音的确切来源。从悬浮现实的阴影中,一个巨大而模糊的实体开始成形,就像所有被遗忘的时间碎片的显现。 This being was not like the Fragmentary Shadow. She was older and much stronger.这似乎是一种时间悖论的表现,一种被允许在多重宇宙的感知之外恶化的悖论。
“你是谁?”玛拉更加关注地问道。
"I am the Maker of Cycles," the entity replied. “我是现实最初结构的残余,从多重无限被创造之前开始。在你带来虚幻的和谐之前,我统治着存在的循环。但你忘记了我。你选择孤立我,忽视我。但我不能永远被忽视。”