The journey to the legendary Experimental Sector 63 was not a passage through physical space, but a descent through the "Historical Layers" of the multiverse. To reach the birthplace of the rebellion, Jian and X had to navigate the Amnesia Currents—zones of chaotic data where the collective memory of the universe had begun to erode. As their vessel, a refurbished relic of the Singularity War named The Memory of Water, breached the perimeter of the sector, the scenery shifted. The vibrant, chaotic colors of the modern Shards faded into a monochrome palette of charcoal and obsidian. This was the place where it all began. The atmosphere felt heavy, saturated with the residual weight of a billion "Choices." "It hasn't changed," X whispered, standing at the bow of the ship. Her bronze skin s

