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50,000 Years Later
Dimensional Convergence Laboratory, situated between Yggdrasil and Spiritias.
Drake stared at the large screen displaying the latest Universal Decay Rate analysis from recent years. His relaxed expression sharpened into worry as he noted the alarming spike over the past decade.
"It has been fifty thousand years since Loki's death and this world was saved. I thought we had far more time. Our plan is nowhere near complete. We need more time..."
"It appears we have none, Dragon King," Nexus replied. "I speculate that something within Earth's Dimensional Layers is accelerating the Universal Decay Rate."
"From Earth specifically? Why?"
"Father, I believe Nexus is referring to this."
"What? This is..."
Drake's eyes widened as he examined the infographic and analyzed data, revealing a real-time 3D model simulating events unfolding on Earth.
"The world we have worked hardest to isolate from our own... It is the cause?"
