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Translator: AnubisTL
For the sixth time, he passed through the spatial rift.
But this time, the sensation was completely different.
The dizziness that always accompanied the transition had vanished. Instead, the dĂ©jĂ vu from the previous loop had intensified, evolving from a mere sense of familiarity into something more substantialâfragmented, flickering echoes of memory.
The moment Jieming steadied himself, several clear images flashed across his mind: himself rapidly collecting crystals on the observation platform; Frost's silhouette as he descended, carrying the corpse of an eighth-tier Scythe-Skull; and the final moments before the last time reversal, as he hurriedly stowed various implements into his internal grotto-heaven...
These memories were incomplete, shattered fragments that couldn't be pieced together into a coherent narrative.
Compared to the vast archives of recording crystals, these fragmented memories seemed useless.
Yet, their very existence held a significance far greater than their content.
It meant that his body tempering method's "adaptive evolution" against time resets was advancingâmoving from a vague sense of dĂ©jĂ vu toward the establishment of more stable "memory anchors."
"Captain?" a team member asked from behind.
"I'm fine," Jieming replied with unnatural calm. His gaze swept over the two thousand wizards behind him, then to the vigilant friendly forces ahead and Frost, who was flying toward them.
He knew exactly what was happening.
This was the greatest utility of these memories: they allowed Jieming not to guess, but to know.
He knew this was the sixth reincarnation.
The routine was already familiar.
Present Artorius's orders, obtain passage permission.
Before Frost could even speak, Jieming took the initiative to step forward and hand over the prepared data crystal. It contained the key research findings from the previous cycle and a summary of the current battlefield data.
"Lord Frost, this is the research progress and tactical analysis summary from the last reincarnation. It includes combat data on the new bioweapons, as well as... preliminary findings regarding the 'Paradox Experiment'." His tone was level.
Frost gave him a deep, searching look but asked no questions. He took the crystal and read it quickly.
Moments later, the order was issued. The wizard legion deployed with maximum efficiency, intercepting the Scythe-Skull ambush force exactly where they had been predicted to appear.
The landing operation, conducted with a complete intelligence advantage, ended in a decisive wizard victory within half an hourâfaster than any previous cycle.
Only after the battlefield was initially cleared could Jieming finally turn his full attention back to himself.
He first inspected his internal grotto-heaven.
The mountain-like piles of recording crystals were sorted into categories, all safe and sound.
The monitoring instruments brought back from the previous reincarnation, various grades of Scythe-Skull Race specimens, and most importantlyâthe complete eighth-tier corpse and two fragments of Honor Shellâall lay quietly in their designated areas, showing no abnormal changes.
But this was not his main focus.
With Frost's authorization, Jieming and the other core research wizards, including Allison, immediately entered the central dispatch warehouse and database of the legion's logistics supplies.
Their goal was clear: to cross-reference the inventory and search for traces left by "Paradox."
The inventory work was swiftly completed with the aid of a highly automated rune array.
When the final report was presented to everyone, a low, excited murmur broke out in the laboratory.
"Confirmed!" Allison pointed to the red-highlighted data columns on the holographic projection. "Basic elemental materials, high-purity energy crystals, specific models of rune substrates... a total of seventeen major categories of supplies show deficits that cannot be explained by regular consumption. The total deficit is..."
She pulled up another listâthe detailed bill of materials Jieming had provided for the "new" batch of observation instruments crafted in the previous cycle.
"...The total materials required for this list is double the deficit, with a margin of error within 0.05%," another wizard, responsible for data comparison, reported, his voice trembling slightly.
Everyone understood the implication.
Jieming had brought back a set of "new" instruments from the previous cycle; they were currently in the camp. Yet, the warehouse deficit corresponded to the materials for two sets of instruments.
The only explanation was this: the "old" instrumentsâmanufactured in the Fourth Cycle and used through the Fifthâhad failed to survive the transition when the Fifth Cycle ended and time rewound to the start of the Sixth. Because they were "Foreign Objects," they had been erased in the conflict of spatiotemporal continuity.
Just like the Black Giants.
"Good. This result matches our expectations," Jieming concluded softly, his heart barely stirring.
The finding confirmed their hypothesis on the "Foreign Object Paradox Stability" and explained why the Black Giants had vanished.
Now, he thought, we get to the main event.
Jieming distributed the foundational environmental data from the previous cycleâa "constant" data package including elemental concentrations across space, energy tide benchmarks, and the inherent fluctuation frequencies of the plane's lawsâto each research team.
The wizards used the repaired "new" instruments (the batch brought back from the previous cycle) to begin synchronous measurements of the current cycle's planar environment, aiming to establish a new baseline for comparison with the recorded data.
At first, everything proceeded normally.
The instruments operated steadily, data cascading down the light screens like a waterfall.
The wizards worked on their assigned modules, verifying, calibrating, and calculating.
However, after just half a day, a young wizard specializing in elemental energy spectrum analysis stopped his rune pen, his brow furrowed.
He repeatedly compared the real-time monitoring data stream with the "previous cycle baseline data" Jieming had provided, his expression growing increasingly perplexed.
"Consultant Jieming," he looked up, his voice tinged with uncertainty. "Could you please re-confirm? This 'Elemental Abundance Reference Spectrum' you provided is the measurement from the stable phase before the final assault of the previous cycle, correct? It hasn't undergone any post-processing or filtering?"
"Yes, it's raw data, directly from the recording crystal," Jieming confirmed. "What's wrong?"
"That's strange..." The young wizard pointed to the two sets of curves before him. "Look, the real-time monitoring shows that the average background concentration of the seven stable inert elements in the current plane's atmosphere is... about 0.3% lower than the baseline data you provided. The margin of error far exceeds the instrument's precision and the upper limit of natural fluctuations."
Zero point three percent.
This number, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, sent violent ripples through Jieming's heart.
Soon, more anomalies were reported.
"Report! The average intensity of background void energy fluctuations has decreased by approximately 0.28%!"
"The spatial stability coefficient has slightly decreased, a trend consistent with the drop in elemental concentration!"
"There are signs of a slight upward shift in the activity threshold of the basic life field..."
One by one, the tiny percentage deviations were tallied. They all pointed in the same direction, shared similar magnitudes, and affected the most fundamental and stable "constants" of the plane!
Jieming stared at these data discrepancies, his eyes narrowing slightly as his earlier hypothesis gradually took shape.
(End of the Chapter)
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