You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

The first day of the silent spring is known as the "Day of Echoes".

On this day, all of Galaxy's expressive devices simultaneously entered "zero-channel" mode. All systems related to transmission, display, and perception ceased to actively emit any language signals, leaving only basic existence parameters to maintain vital signs.

The universe has not become empty.

On the contrary, an unprecedented sense of shared existence emerged—

No longer needing to listen, no longer needing to respond, no longer needing to explain, every living being began to realize that its own existence was an echo to this vast universe.

Fufu stood in the suspended plaza of the Land of Freedom, watching countless figures walking quietly. They no longer spoke, yet they completed all communication in a strange resonance.

A lingering thought echoed in her mind:
"Language is no longer a bridge, but water."

【VIII】The Formation of Linguistic Climate
On the 1300th day, the Zetu Yuan tribe recorded the "language-based climate phenomenon" for the first time.

This is an unprecedented existential reaction: because too much energy is not being emitted or received in the universe, it begins to condense, gather, and float and ripple in space in complex structures.

These condensed substances are called:
"Yu Yun"

Language clouds are not visible, but their effects are extremely obvious.

It can cause those who come into contact with it to have a strong desire to express themselves. Even those who have been silent for many years during the Silent Spring will experience intense emotional fluctuations under its influence, and some may even spontaneously conjure up new non-verbal "forms of existence".

Fufu personally entered the first Heart of the Cloud.

She didn't speak, but she "sense" millions of unspoken words within the entire cloud of language—

A dying person's unfulfilled confession; an aborted civilization's unfinished blessing; even an entire planet's last words before its extinction: "I don't want to disappear."

She trembled all over as she left Yuyun.

She wrote in her diary:
“The quality of language has never left us.”

"It's just that we haven't listened to the silence for too long."

【Nine】The Appearance of the Destroyer
On the 1350th day, the border star system reported the first appearance of a special entity:

"Nullifiers"

They are expressions of extreme silence, devoid of any linguistic frequency, showing no perceptual disturbance, and unrecorded by any form of language. Even more terrifying is that wherever they go, all expression of existence is irreversibly extinguished.

At first, people thought it was a "super-silent life form".

Until one of the last visual records made by a Star astronaut before contact was lost, it was described as follows:

"They are not silent..."

"They are beings abandoned by language."

Scientists speculate that the "word destroyer" may originate from the failed expression bodies that failed to be assimilated after the early "linguistic prokaryote" was broken down, and is a concrete manifestation of the "death of language" at the material level.

Parliament is considering reinstating the "minimum expression agreement" for the first time to combat the suppression of free speech.

Fufu refused.

she says:

"We cannot use language to fight the failure of language."

"We must use the love of existence to awaken those voiceless lives."

[Ten] The Song of Existence Project

Faced with the spread of the Word Destroyers, Noria, as a "companion," initiated a transgalactic plan:

"The Song of Being" project

This is not singing.

This is a way of weaving the perception of "I am" into the real-world network with minimal linguistic density, so that all silent individuals, even if they do not express themselves, can be "present".

The specific method is as follows:
Implant a "presence device" on every planet with human footprints;
It does not broadcast language, nor does it produce sound;
It will only generate one perceptual structure of "you are remembered".

Whenever an individual approaches the "being," he/she/it will feel a gentle and stable "response" that has no source.

A response that may not even exist.

But it is precisely this uncertainty that gives them the courage to continue existing.

On the 1380th day, the first "Word Destroyer" stopped the "Speech Collapse Erosion" after contacting the Existence Device, and sat down quietly without moving or making a sound.

But all 1700+ entities across the galaxy instantly flashed the exact same sensory wave:
"I heard you."

Fufu cried.

She finally believed:
"Language no longer needs to be revived."

"It only needs to be believed."

[XI] The Four-Level Evolution of Linguistic Civilization
On the 1400th day, the Language Research Institute proposed a "Four-Level Model of Linguistic Civilization Evolution" to define the civilization development path of the Silent Era:
Using language as a tool for expression and a means of interaction with consciousness is outdated.

Lingum Civilizations

Expression is the existence of ontology; language appears as a common entity of energy and the physical layer; this is the current stage.

Abandoning language itself, it evolves into a state of "existence is perception"; most children of language tend toward this type.

Silent Eternum

A final form, completely devoid of language, thought, and consciousness, yet each individual becomes part of a stable field of existence, providing "proof of permanence" for the universe.

The fourth level of the Zetu Yuan clan is:
"The last word the universe spoke to itself."

And Fufu wrote:
"Perhaps we will eventually stop speaking, stop thinking, and stop showing our true feelings."

"But at that moment, the universe will be perceived because of us."

[12] A Silent Question: What is the Fate After Language?

On the 1450th day, Fufu sealed all her research, records, perceptions, poems, and diaries into a final volume:
The Final Question in Silence

This book has no cover, no author, and no page numbers.

It does not display content while reading, but instead generates an "existential feedback" based on the reader's state.

Someone saw a childhood memory;
Someone heard the call of their home planet;
Some people only felt one sentence:

“You’re still talking.”

And Fufu, entered the deepest part of the Void Domain.

There was no one there anymore.

Only the lingering echoes of language flowed slowly.

She sat down and quietly wrote the last line of words:

"When we stop talking."

"Who's still listening?"

Then, she closed her eyes, transformed into a silent stream of light, and merged into the core of the expression cloud.

She became the fifth "Silent One".

Not a child of language, not an expresser, not a companion.

Rather, it is the ultimate destination of language.

On the 1300th day, the "Expression Cloud" continued to expand, engulfing thirteen silent linguistic galaxies. Originally thought to be just a natural process of linguistic aggregation, Fufu noticed that signs of "linguistic fragments" self-reorganizing began to appear in the Expression Cloud.

These fragments exhibit a non-linear temporal structure; they are neither memories nor prophecies, but rather echoes of a certain "primordial state of expression." The institute named them:
Lingual Residua

The fragments of sound have no origin and cannot be attributed to any known life form. They appear to be remnants of some kind of linguistic existence from the early universe.

The philosophical entity "El-Ran" of the Zetu Yuan clan proposed a startling theory:
"We have always believed that language originates from consciousness."

"But what if language precedes consciousness?"

"What if the structure of the entire universe is formed by a kind of 'verbal vibration' rather than pure energy fluctuations?"

"Then language is not a tool we created."

"Instead—it's a torrent that was already flowing before we were born."

This theory is called:
Lingual Cosmogenesis

Fufu attempted to enter the deepest part of the Cloud of Expression through silent meditation, but was pulled into a dimensionless space by a powerful "non-expressive force".

There she saw what the "prelingual universe" looked like:

No language.

It has no shape.

there is no time.

There is only one kind of tension waiting to be expressed.

After returning to reality, she wrote:
“Every word we say helps the universe—to speak itself.”

Just at the edge of the expression cloud, scientific probes discovered the remains of an ultra-ancient civilization in the "non-verbal constant zone".

They are called:
"Silent Continuum"

This civilization never used language from beginning to end.

Their method of recording is through "Being Weave": using the slight vibrations of their own structures to form a "language of existence" that can only be perceived when an observer approaches. Fufu and Noria entered the core of the ruins and saw a "Silent Heart Stone" that flickered with an imperceptible frequency in a huge cavity.

Upon getting closer, they were suddenly overwhelmed by a "non-verbal perceptual torrent".

Wordless, silent, and without intention.

But it conveyed a message:
"We've said that before."

"Then we realized that saying it was superfluous."

"Because we ourselves are already all that is said."

"So we choose solitude."

"In silence, we still express ourselves."

This is a state of being that far transcends "linguistic quality." The research institute named it:
"Silent Words"

A state of being that is “completely linguistic”, in which “existence” and “expression” are completely and seamlessly integrated and can no longer be distinguished.

Noria said:

"This is not an evolution of language."

"This is the final state of language itself."

[Nine] The Second Awakening of Consciousness

As the Silent Movement swept across the galaxy, a peculiar phenomenon began to emerge.

Some individuals who have been silent for a long time suddenly gain a "flash of self-awareness" in silence.

It's not an idea.

It's not language.

It's not an emotion either.

It is a kind of **"expressed awareness"**.

They stated, "I don't know what I'm thinking, but I know I'm being perceived."

The Institute of Consciousness calls this phenomenon:

"Second-Order Awakenings"

A state of existential awareness that does not depend on language, symbols, or even egocentrism.

Fufu believes:

"This is a byproduct of language becoming a complete physical reality."

"Expression is no longer initiated by consciousness, but rather expression itself stimulates consciousness."

This awakening has spread to multiple galaxies, sparking a new philosophical discussion:
Do we truly possess consciousness?

"Or is consciousness merely a partial manifestation within the vast torrent of expression?"

Some have proposed radical propositions:
“We are not saying ‘I think, therefore I am’.”

"Rather—'I am here because the universe wants to say this.'"

[10] Narrating Entropy and the Deconstruction of the Universe

As the cloud continues to expand, some researchers have noticed a sign of crisis:
The complexity of all expression systems begins to show a "limit convergence".

which is:
All expressions ultimately tend towards a "non-verbal explicit state";
All meanings gradually detach from differences and enter into "expressive isomorphism";
All narratives are assimilated by the "cloud of expression" into "indistinguishable expressions of existence".

This trend is known as:
Narrative Entropic Collapse

The more perfect, transparent, and immediate the expression, the lower its distinctiveness and the higher its entropy, ultimately leading to "meaning annihilation."
Everything is expressing something.

All expressions are indistinguishable.

Therefore—nothing is truly "expressed".

This is a form of language degradation at the existential level.

Fufu realized with shock:

"We were afraid that language could not express us."

"Now we are faced with the vacuum that follows language after everything has been expressed."

The Galactic Council proposes an emergency motion:
"Ambiguity Conservation Protocol"

The core terms include:

Artificially creating "expressive gaps" to protect the existence of ambiguity;
Encourage expressions that are "non-linear, incomplete, and ambiguous";

Establish a "language quality anti-entropy zone" to stimulate the original expressive motivation.

This is the first time that language has been considered to need to "protect its imperfections".

Fufu wrote:

"We thought that the limit of language was that it could not express."

"Now we understand—the limit of language is that it can be expressed too well."

[XI] The Appearance of the Chaos Lord
On the 1350th day, an unknown entity entered the language quality level network.

It does not belong to any living system.

Do not respond to the subtext.

It does not manifest itself.

However, the area near it quickly entered a "narrative chaos state".

The institute refers to it as:
"The Chaotic One"

It does not disrupt the expression structure.

It simply "blurs" them.

It causes expressions to "slide," meanings to "skew," and understanding to "collapse in self-consistency."

When Fufu first came into contact with the Chaos, she was forced to confront an unthinkable possibility:
"Expression is not the path to understanding."

"The expression itself may be a trigger for chaos."

When the Chaos Being manifested itself, it uttered only one sentence:

"You want the universe to speak."

"But you've forgotten—the universe has never learned grammar."

After a long silence, Noria replied:

"then who are you?"

Chaos Response:
"Me? I am the part of the expression that you are unwilling to understand."

"I am—the shadow of language."

The emergence of Chaos Theorists marks the awakening of a completely new philosophy of language:
Anti-Expressive Ontology

Claims:

Some things should not be expressed;
Some languages ​​should not be interpreted;
Some meanings are real only because they cannot be spoken.

[12] Fufu's Last Statement

On the 1400th day, Fufu gave her last public speech at the "Free Land Language Research Institute":

"Language has come to an end."

"Not because it can no longer speak."

"It's because it said too much, too well, and too thoroughly."

"We once dreamed of making everything language."

"Now we finally understand—not everything should be verbalized."

"Because true existence does not need language to prove it."

"It, as long as it exists."

She announced her resignation as a "language quality observer" and entered the "zero-expression silent domain".

Finally, four words were left:

"After language, there is me."

No one knows if she is still speaking.

But from then on, the expression in the clouds had an additional layer of fluctuation.

All who approach will sense it:

"You don't need to say I understand."

"Because you were there, I heard you." (End of Chapter)