Intro. The Helios-7 expedition was sent to Saturn after the detection of a gravitational anomaly by the Kirin-X supertelescope. That distortion emitted rhythmic, almost musical pulses, a pattern that defied all logic. Four astronauts departed on the mission, including Dr. Seren Valen, an exobiologist and visionary known for her theory of universal consciousness: the idea that the cosmos itself has a mind and memory.
During the approach to Saturn, the anomaly opened up like a vortex of light. The ship was absorbed... and when the crew woke up, they were in an unknown universe. Before them stretched a liquid sky of magenta and blue hues, with beings of light carrying transparent spheres, each containing an entire universe. In the center, a colossal tree raised its floating roots into the void, holding galaxies between its branches. It was there that Seren began to feel it: a whisper in the air, a consciousness that responded to his thoughts.