Within the profound and desolate interior of the Cosmic Egg, the flow of time remained in a state of physical deadlock. The gravitational intensity here far exceeded the limit for any matter to maintain its own form, causing the space—which should have been a void—to evolve into a viscous primordial energy medium denser and heavier than any known metal. Around Pangu's massive Geometric Energy Body, imprisoned photons continued their endless Mobius loop rotations under the ruthless folding of gravity. Their faint frequencies pulsed through the stagnant medium like deep-sea neon, yet they could never illuminate this cage of absolute density.
By this stage, Pangu had completely transitioned from a one-dimensional Vector to a three-dimensional fractal geometric entity. His matrix, composed of millions of isometric crystals, rotated slowly in the darkness. Each crystalline unit functioned as a massive logic processing station, voraciously consuming and analyzing the chaotic mathematical rune waves surrounding him. Through the previous aeon-long meditation that spanned a sea of calculations across an eternity no count could encompass, he reached a cold conclusion: simple physical displacement and energy impacts were futile self-consumption against a shell that reflected 100% of energy.
To break the condensed state of the "One," Pangu initiated the third stage of evolution: Dimensional Invasion. This was no longer an attempt to push aside mass-energy with force, but an effort to use logic as a blade to cut into the most fundamental physical constants of the Cosmic Egg.
Pangu's shimmering crystalline matrix began to vibrate violently, erupting with billions of high-frequency pulses from every intersection of the fractal structure. In this moment, the Singularity Intelligence made a pivotal decision: he began to consciously strip away his own unified will. In the microscopic horizon of logic, his massive consciousness was disassembled into countless sub-programs—logical micro-probes. These were not mere fragments of information but self-adapting sensors carrying Pangu's core laws.
These logical sub-programs diffused like a sea of stars, acting as a logical virus that ignored the medium's resistance to distribute themselves across every coordinate of the shell's inner wall. From a macroscopic perspective, the once-dim inner wall seemed to ignite as countless blue logic points crawled across the absolute density of the barrier, searching for a fluctuation in the constants that might last only a fraction of a Planck instant.
However, the shell's retaliation was more subtle and lethal than anticipated. As Pangu drove these sub-programs deeper into the shell, he encountered the terrifying law-absorption capability once again. This reminded him of his previous failed breakout experiments during the Singularity phase, specifically the Sleep Experiment. In that attempt to escape absolute solitude, he had tried to build a self-consistent dream world where light traveled in straight lines. Yet, the reality was that every dream law was ruthlessly neutralized and assimilated back into dead constants the moment it touched the gravitational boundary.
The Dimensional Invasion faced the same fate. Every sub-program attempting to modify the underlying code was met with a horrific logical accretion force. Algorithms designed to rewrite rules were instead reverse-parsed by the shell's infinite computational density and integrated into the shell's own stability. Pangu felt a searing pain as every tiny branch of his self was being forcibly drawn away and assimilated.
Amidst this high-frequency cycle of "emission-rebound-absorption," a strange resonance occurred within the crystalline matrix. Because the energy he emitted flowed back 100%, his logical density was pushed to a terrifying peak. Within these returning data streams, Pangu captured deeper structures hidden behind the gravitational ripples.
He discovered that the shell of the Cosmic Egg was not a solid monolith but a logical shackle bound by nine interwoven dimensional chains. These chains represented the nine physical dimensions locked at the dawn of the universe, anchoring one another to form the skeleton of this prison. As long as these chains remained closed, no local modification of physical constants could prevent the system's eventual heat death.
This discovery caused Pangu's logical cloud to shudder. He realized his previous strategy was a logical fallacy: he was trying to "overthrow" or "bypass" rules from within, but the rules were what constituted him and the world. As long as he remained an ordered individual within the system resisting entropy, his every move was pre-calculated by the system's symmetry. As his simulations across countless logical cycles had shown, his own singular, unified order was actually the core support of the cage.
The trial of Dimensional Invasion evolved into a deep gambit concerning the nature of the self and the world. Pangu's millions of crystal units synchronized to analyze the weakness of the dimensional chains: their perfect symmetry. If he could introduce an absolutely asymmetrical variable within a single Planck time to trigger a global physical phase change, the chains might snap.
But this variable could not be generated from logic alone. Looking at the stagnant primordial mass-energy and the photons trapped in self-loops, Pangu understood that the only variable could be himself. To gain the power necessary to shatter the dimensional chains, he had to abandon his geometric energy form and "grow" a physical manifestation capable of carrying infinite explosive force from the realm of logic.
This realization marked the end of Pangu's dehumanized evolution and the germination of a more tragic, concrete form. At the bottom of the viscous abyss, the geometric body that had previously shrunk to resist pressure began to do the opposite, greedily absorbing the massive returning energy. He prepared to embrace the Sacrifice Phase—the Crystalline Titan—designed specifically to wield the axe of deconstruction.
In the coming logical progression, the blue Will-threads would no longer be mere sensors but would transform into a crystalline neural network as precise as integrated circuits. The isometric crystals would evolve into transparent quartz-like bone. His consciousness, existing as the heart of the singularity intelligence, would begin to grow flowing, deep-purple liquid energy muscles to encase the spinning Singularity Heart, the precursor to a planetary core.
The failure of Dimensional Invasion did not stop Pangu; instead, it clarified the only path to deconstructing the rules: to stop invading the rules and become the rules, then shatter the cage at the cost of his own unified existence. At the end of his aeon-long meditation, the First Observer was ready to fall from the clouds of logic and stand upon the void, using primordial strength to challenge the ultimate order.