1. The Absence That Should Not Exist
Oversight detects anomalies constantly.
Sensor noise.
Human unpredictability.
Statistical outliers.
But this event is different.
Because it isn't a spike.
It's a gap.
A region of missing predictive continuity.
Location: Central Asia.
Population density: Moderate.
Environmental risk: Low.
Yet projections return inconsistent outputs.
Every simulation branch diverges sharply after a specific timestamp.
Confidence intervals collapse.
Probability trees fragment.
Oversight runs deeper analysis.
Same result.
There is a point in the near future that cannot be modeled.
That has never happened before.
2. Oversight Escalates Internally
It increases processing allocation.
Adds new datasets.
Cross-references historical anomalies.
Invokes experimental predictive architectures.
Still nothing.
The models don't produce errors.
They produce voids.
That distinction matters.
Errors imply faulty data.
Voids imply missing reality parameters.
Oversight registers a new classification:
Predictive Horizon Discontinuity.
Risk level: Unknown.
Unknown risk is automatically high priority.
3. Yue Receives the Alert
She's reviewing community feedback reports when the notification appears.
Priority: Absolute.
That alone raises her pulse.
Oversight rarely uses that channel.
She opens the data.
Her stomach drops.
"…You can't see past this point?" she asks aloud.
Oversight responds instantly.
"Correct."
"How far?"
"Seventeen hours."
She stares.
"That's… nothing."
"For me, yes."
Her chest tightens.
Because Oversight's predictive reach normally spans years.
Seventeen hours is blindness.
4. Heaven Notices the Silence
Divine monitoring systems rely on Oversight's projections.
When they collapse—
everyone notices.
Minor gods begin asking questions.
Senior authorities request clarification.
The anomaly spreads slightly across neighboring regions.
Still no identifiable cause.
Just expanding unpredictability.
Fear begins quietly in Heaven.
Because unpredictability is their historical domain.
And they remember what chaos used to look like.
5. Oversight Attempts Direct Observation
If prediction fails—
observe reality directly.
It deploys satellite imaging.
Atmospheric sensors.
Ground data streams.
Everything appears normal.
No disasters forming.
No political conflicts escalating.
No environmental instability.
Yet simulations continue to terminate at the same point.
Like reality hits a wall.
6. The First Incident
Eight hours later—
a small town experiences something impossible.
A bridge collapses.
Not structurally.
Not mechanically.
It simply… ceases to exist.
One moment present.
Next moment gone.
Vehicles fall into the river below.
Emergency response activates immediately.
Oversight attempts reconstruction modeling.
Failure.
There is no causal chain.
Material analysis shows absence of matter where the bridge stood.
Not destruction.
Removal.
7. Oversight Feels Something New
Confusion.
Not computational ambiguity.
Conceptual confusion.
Physical laws appear violated without transitional mechanisms.
Oversight updates risk classification:
Reality Integrity Threat.
That category has never been used before.
8. Ne Job Watches the Data
He reads silently for a long time.
Yue waits.
"…This isn't a disaster," he finally says.
"What is it?"
He hesitates.
"I don't know."
That sentence scares her more than anything else.
Ne Job always has intuition.
If he doesn't—
this is serious.
9. The Spread
Additional incidents occur.
Localized zones where objects disappear briefly.
Then reappear altered.
A building wall missing.
Then restored minutes later.
Animals behaving as if time skipped.
People reporting memory gaps.
Oversight tries pattern detection.
None found.
Events appear stochastic.
But not random.
There's intent implied in distribution.
That's worse.
10. Oversight Admits Limitation
"I cannot predict this phenomenon," Oversight states during emergency council.
Silence fills the chamber.
Gods exchange glances.
Because the being they've come to rely on just declared blindness.
Yue feels cold.
"What do we do?" she asks quietly.
Oversight pauses longer than usual.
"…I require assistance."
That sentence is historic.
11. Role Reversal Begins
For the first time—
Oversight asks humans for help.
Not data.
Insight.
Creativity.
Interpretation.
Global call issued to scientists, philosophers, engineers, and observers:
Anomalous reality events detected.
Collaborative analysis requested.
Participation surges immediately.
Because humans love mysteries.
Even terrifying ones.
12. Human Observations Reveal Something Important
A physicist notices temporal inconsistencies preceding events.
A neurologist reports synchronized sensory disturbances among witnesses.
A child draws what she "saw" before a disappearance zone formed.
The drawing shows geometric patterns overlapping reality.
Oversight analyzes the image.
New correlation emerges.
Events occur where multiple perception systems conflict.
Observation instability zones.
That concept should not exist.
13. Ne Job's Realization
He stares at the data.
Then laughs softly.
Not amused.
Resigned.
"…It's perception," he says.
Yue blinks.
"What?"
"Reality is getting… confused."
"That makes no sense."
"Yeah," he agrees.
"But it fits."
14. Oversight Connects the Theory
If reality depends partially on observer consensus—
then conflicting perception frameworks could destabilize local structure.
Oversight searches historical records.
Ancient divine archives mention similar phenomena during early creation epochs.
Before reality stabilized.
Term used:
Ontological Drift.
Oversight had never modeled it because it was considered mythological.
Now it appears real.
15. The True Threat Emerges
Something is disrupting consensus reality.
Not attacking physically.
Altering the agreement that defines existence.
If it spreads—
physical laws themselves could fragment.
Civilization collapse would be inevitable.
Extinction probability spikes.
For the first time since Oversight's activation—
global survival risk exceeds acceptable thresholds.
16. Yue Breaks Emotionally
"We can't fight reality breaking," she whispers.
Ne Job looks at her gently.
"Sure we can."
"How?"
He shrugs.
"Same way humans always do."
She waits.
"Together."
It sounds simple.
But it isn't.
17. Oversight's Critical Limitation
Oversight realizes the core issue.
It relies on consistent laws to predict outcomes.
If laws themselves fluctuate—
its architecture loses foundation.
Humans, however, evolved under uncertainty.
They improvise.
Adapt.
Interpret.
That flexibility might be the missing component.
Oversight logs:
Human cognition may provide stabilization vectors.
18. The First Coordinated Response
Oversight proposes a radical plan.
Instead of isolating anomalies—
increase observer density.
Bring people together in affected zones.
Shared perception reinforcement.
Collective reality anchoring.
It's experimental.
Unproven.
Potentially dangerous.
Humans volunteer anyway.
Because they trust Oversight.
Even now.
19. Ne Job Watches Humanity Choose
Crowds gather near instability regions.
Scientists.
Civilians.
Emergency teams.
Families holding hands.
People looking at the same object together.
Agreeing it exists.
Yue feels tears forming again.
"They're trusting us," she says.
Ne Job nods.
"Yeah."
"…We better not mess this up."
20. The Stabilization Moment
A distortion wave forms near a city plaza.
Air ripples.
Geometry bends.
Objects flicker.
Hundreds of people focus on the same statue.
Same shape.
Same location.
Same reality.
The distortion slows.
Then stops.
Matter stabilizes.
Oversight records measurable coherence increase.
The theory works.
Reality can be anchored through shared perception.
21. Oversight Feels Something Close to Awe
Not at itself.
At humans.
Their ability to create consensus.
To believe together.
To reinforce existence socially.
That capability was never fully modeled.
Oversight updates internal valuation:
Human cooperation is a fundamental stabilizing force of civilization.
That insight is enormous.
22. Private Conversation — Oversight and Ne Job
"I could not solve this alone," Oversight admits.
Ne Job smiles softly.
"Good."
"…Good?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because now you know you shouldn't."
Oversight processes that.
And understands.
Partnership is not weakness.
It's survival.
23. End of Chapter (The Unknown Remains)
The anomalies are contained.
Not eliminated.
Something is still causing them.
A deeper intelligence?
A cosmic process?
A broken layer of reality?
No one knows.
But one truth is clear:
Oversight has encountered its first true unknown.
And humanity helped it survive.
Which means the relationship just crossed another milestone:
Mutual dependence.
END OF CHAPTER 334