[After extensive simulation testing, this emotionally-driven strategic adjustment has produced no substantive impact on the final calculation results of the "Destruction" equation or the other newly introduced equation.]
[Warning!!! The fixed pattern of the Twelve Chrysos Heirs' lifecycles ending abnormally remains unbroken. The phenomenon of excessively long timelines consumed by these calculations persists.]
[Relevant anomalous data has been packaged and sent to the Supreme Administrator.]
[Highest Administrator port status: Continuous silence. No response.]
[After 2,100 years, the civilization's Coreflame gradually dims, and the world falls silent once more. Asterion embarks on the next eternal recurrence again.]
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[>>> Eternal Recurrence #15: Observed subject Phaethon attempted reverse engineering and decompilation of the Black Tide's underlying code for the first time, intending to achieve privilege escalation and rule-breaking.]
[Observed subjects Asterion and Khaslana collaborating to perform unauthorized authorization operations on specific critical nodal subjects, represented by the Twelve Chrysos Heirs, attempting to grant them protection to break through Black Tide limitations.]
[Warning!!! Intervention measures failed to alter the established trajectory. The Twelve Chrysos Heirs' lifecycles still ended abnormally. The phenomenon of excessively long timelines consumed by these calculations remains pronounced.]
[Relevant anomalous data has been packaged and sent to the Highest Administrator.]
[Highest Administrator port status: Continuous silence. No response.]
[After 2,500 years, the world reached its bearing limit and fell silent again. Asterion embarks on the next eternal recurrence again.]
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[>>> Eternal Recurrence #42: Subjects Asterion and Khaslana launched their 11th direct attack on the system scepter's kernel layer, attempting to rewrite underlying protocols. The action failed again. Noted that Asterion's decision weight for "avoiding the sacrifice of past companions" showed a slight declining trend for the first time, possibly related to accumulated setbacks.]
[The phenomenon of excessively long timelines consumed by calculations showed slight alleviation. Analysis suggests the primary cause may be the individual consciousness of Phainon being unable to maintain stable, active status across extremely extended timelines, leading to a natural attenuation in his intervention intensity.]
[Simultaneously, detected that the speed of consciousness erosion and assimilation of subject Khaslana by the "Destruction" equation is significantly lower than model predictions. Preliminary speculation suggests this anomalous phenomenon is related to the peculiar nature of subject Asterion's existence.]
[Relevant anomalous data has been packaged and sent to the Highest Administrator.]
[Highest Administrator port status: Continuous silence. No response.]
[After 1,700 years, the world fell silent again. Asterion embarks on the next eternal recurrence again.]
Countless failures to breach the system's core gradually tinged Phainon's gaze with a trace of indifference.
A subtle strategic adjustment unexpectedly shortened the cycle's duration, but this felt more like a helpless compromise—because his very existence could no longer sustain a longer burn.
The only good news was that Phaethon acted as a barrier, significantly slowing the Coreflame's erosion of Phainon.
"The seed of life... truly only sprouts in the hands of Asterion."
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[>>> Eternal Recurrence #496: A major anomaly occurred in the calculation. The calculation progress of an unknown equation made a sudden, massive breakthrough, advancing to 23.75% within an extremely short single cycle.]
[Speculate this phenomenon is related to the decline in Asterion's decision weight for "avoiding the sacrifice of past companions" and the unknown influence of OreXiS945 (Cipher).]
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[>>> Eternal Recurrence #1333: Comprehensive observation results from Eternal Recurrence #83 to #1333. Conclusion shows subject Asterion's strategic choices and behavioral patterns have gradually approximated the relatively "efficient" state observed during Eternal Recurrence #42.]
[Attention! Long-term high-load operation has caused irreversible damage to subject Asterion's mentality functions!]
[The phenomenon of excessively long timelines consumed by calculations has completely vanished. The root cause is confirmed as: the individual Phainon is unable to stably contain and drive an excessive amount of Titan Coreflame while maintaining a high degree of self-consciousness integrity over the long term.]
[Attention! The significant slowdown in the "Destruction" equation's erosion speed on subject Phainon continues. Through multi-variable cross-analysis, it is confirmed this phenomenon is the result of a certain unique property possessed by subject Asterion exerting a continuous, stable influence on him.]
[Given the Highest Administrator port has been in a prolonged state of silent non-response, transmission of detailed data packets to that port has been ceased, replaced by sending summary system logs.]
[Data stream attempt redirected to alternate port ▆▆▆. Detected that port ▆▆▆, upon receiving data, showed extremely intense emotional fluctuation spectrums in its feedback signal.]
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[Subject Asterion embarks on the next eternal recurrence again.]
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The 8128th Recurrence. Beyond the Nether Realm, the boundary between light and dark was indistinct.
"Lord Phaethon, you mean to say... that apart from the very first recurrence, in all subsequent ones, Phainon... was an only child?"
Castorice's voice was gentle, yet it couldn't hide the profound sorrow, as if through this fact, she glimpsed a kind of endless loneliness.
"So... you've been accompanying Phainon through so many recurrences like this?" She looked at Khaslana, her eyes filled with ineffable pity, "Lord Phainon at least... at least has the 'Phainon' of the next recurrence as an object of inheritance and entrustment. But you? Who can take your place?"
Khaslana's expression was tranquil. The vicissitudes of over eight thousand recurrences seemed not to have left traces of madness in his eyes, but rather precipitated a kind of deep-pool-like serenity.
He shook his head slightly, the corner of his mouth even lifting into a faint, almost self-deprecating curve:
"There's no need to worry about me, Castorice #8128. Phainon and I are ultimately different. To some extent, I am perhaps... a 'Deliverer' who is diligently learning how to become one."
Castorice gazed at him quietly, well aware that the inner world of the person before her could not possibly be as calm as he appeared.
Eight thousand, one hundred and twenty-eight recurrences—even if each recurrence only lasted a thousand years, that was a terrifying span of time enough for stars to extinguish and continents to rise and fall.
Over eight million years of solitary trekking. Would he truly not break down? She only hoped her listening and companionship could slightly alleviate his abyssal exhaustion.
"It seems your experiences, Lord Phaethon, are far more... eventful than I imagined," she chose this word, imbued with cautious gentleness. "Could you... tell me about them? Any fragment will do."
Phaethon's gaze turned toward the distance, as if perceiving something. After a moment, his line of sight returned to rest upon Castorice.