The Spire - Level Three Entrance - 42.7 Hours Remaining
Step. Step. Step.
Yoo's footfalls against the crystalline pathway created unusual harmonics—tiiing-tiiing-tiiing—each step resonating at frequencies that suggested meaning rather than mere sound. His transformed body moved with unconscious precision, every muscle responding to intention before conscious thought completed.
The entrance to Level Three rose before them: a massive archway carved from single piece of material that cycled through states of matter. Solid, then liquid, then gas, then something that wasn't any of those—shimmer-flow-vapor-[UNKNOWN]—before returning to solid again.
[LEVEL THREE: THE GARDEN OF PARADOX]
The words manifested in the air itself—flicker-flicker—reality temporarily rewriting to display information.
[OBJECTIVE: NAVIGATE-CONTRADICTION. TIME-LIMIT: 8.2-HOURS]
[WARNING: LOGIC-FAILS-HERE. CAUSALITY-OPTIONAL. SURVIVAL-REQUIRES: ACCEPTANCE-OF-IMPOSSIBLE]
