Elegy from Another World

With the selfless help of the Watchers, the upgrade and renovation of the Draenor Starship progressed at an astonishing pace. In a short period of time, the starship had been completely transformed.

The ship's armor is now covered with modular, silver-gray armor, greatly increasing its defensive capabilities and giving it limited self-repairing abilities. The internal energy pipelines have been redesigned, functioning like a highly efficient bloodline network, delivering the immense energy provided by the "Dawn Core" to every corner. Most remarkably, a new physical docking device—a massive, living interface-like structure—can directly connect to the colossal body of Flesh Star Valencia, achieving a more stable and deeper level of energy and information exchange than conventional communication, eliminating concerns about signal interference or hijacking.

However, the real qualitative change occurred in the field of weapon systems. "Watchmen's" profound understanding of the nature of information allowed him to reconstruct our technology in unimaginable ways:

Anti-meme contaminant: This is a product of combining a mysterious green data beam with trace fragments of code containing anti-meme properties emitted from the "Watcher" itself. It no longer emits creative energy, but rather a force of "erasure" at the information level. In areas enveloped by its force field, the stable state of matter is eroded. The target is not destroyed by the energy, but its existential information is partially "forgotten" or "invalidated"—alloys inexplicably become brittle like biscuits, energy shields collapse instantly due to logical paradoxes, and complex electronic devices degenerate into meaningless scrap metal. This is an attack on "existence" itself, bizarre and deadly.

The Probability Storm Generator: By fusing mechanical brains—the fundamental units of intelligence—with powerful particle impact cannons, "Watchmen" guides us through the mysteries of probability. This device can drastically distort the probabilistic representation of fundamental physical laws within a specific region. For example, the long 5730-year half-life of carbon-14 could be compressed to only 5730 days, or even less, within the storm field! This means that any substance relying on radioactive decay for stability will rapidly disintegrate, devices operating on quantum effects will completely malfunction, and even biological aging and cell division could be accelerated to terrifying degrees. It is a double-edged sword, capable of instantly destroying enemies, but must be used with extreme caution.

Rift Generator: This weapon represents the pinnacle of our current technology. It ingeniously combines the mysterious remnants of the Great Cemetery (the Nameless Ark), which profoundly impacts the spatial structure, with the green crystal capable of precise spatial teleportation. Upon activation, it instantly tears open a temporary, controllable microscopic spatial rift at the target location. This rift is not a traditional black hole and does not possess infinite gravity, but like the most voracious glutton, it relentlessly hurles all matter and energy within a certain range into unknown void dimensions, as if it had never existed. This is the most destructive ultimate weapon.

Of course, to help "Watcher" stabilize its ever-spreading data backbone, we tailored a "stabilizer armor" for him. A streamlined, silver-gray metal shell covers his shadow and light, and inside are sophisticated suppression field generators that effectively restrain data fragments carrying anti-meme contamination, preventing them from accidentally "deleting" surrounding equipment or information. While it cannot reverse the decay of his core code or stop the spread of noise, it at least significantly reduces the risk of accidents, allowing him to move and work more safely.

At his suggestion, we also reinforced the external protection of the eight spheres (SURVIVAL Trial Grounds) at the center of the data storm, and similarly applied a protective energy membrane to the surface of the flesh planet Valencia to resist the long-term erosion of the data storm.

During a rare moment of leisure, I asked King Xuan, "Speaking of which, the 'Watchers' passed the trial; shouldn't they have been teleported to your technological world according to the established rules? How did they end up here?"

King Xuan's answer solved the mystery: "Our personnel did observe signs of a completed reaction at the trial grounds, but the specific information about the one who passed through... remains vague. The 'Watcher's' animemic properties cause researchers who come into close contact with him to forget his existence and related data within a short period of time. He was able to find you because, according to him, his 'home'—Dawn Base—accidentally scanned and recorded the coordinates of the Drei during its long period of wandering."

This explanation left me deeply saddened. The Antonymite trait was a double-edged sword, protecting him while also isolating him. Even Fleshstar Valencia would sometimes suddenly forget this friend who had once helped her, not out of malice, but simply due to the trait itself. The Watcher simply expressed understanding, after all, even a companion once as close as Quicksand had forgotten him.

Seeing him assist us day and night, yet growing thinner and thinner each day, I couldn't bear it. That day, I decided to suspend all work and throw a lively party on the Drei, and sincerely invited him to attend.

"A party?" The light and shadow of "Watcher" seemed to flicker, revealing a hint of confusion.

"Yes, relax and be with everyone." I explained with a smile, "You've done so much for us, at least give us a chance to express our gratitude."

【"...Okay."】After a brief silence, he conveyed his agreement, and the edges of the blurry halo seemed to soften a bit.