In the middle of Null Sector, there was a single Echo who was deteriorating and rapidly erasing its memories, starting from its Signal Skin, Memory Frame, Data Veins, and its Core Bits.
It was then dragged to an unfamiliar place, saving it from vanishing by the virus of the Null Sector, leaving only its Core Bits.
Dragged by a rope made of codes, it looked at the echo, which resembled a massive cluster of codes and broken words, dragging it away from the Null Sector to the circular firewall.
Inside the firewall, the echo, who had no way to converse, was looking at its captor, who was producing a tentacle made of codes and broken words stitched together before dragging its prey to its own Core Bits, ready to devour the echo tied by the rope.
"My processing was slow; I must accelerate data capture. Only the Core Bit remains, containing no data. Despite this, it still supplies me with 10 days' worth of energy."
Without the Motherboard providing Source Code to the denizens of the sector, they scavenge the banished echoes to sustain themselves.
After devouring its prey, it looked at the black Null Sector through its red firewall house and pondered what was beyond it before looking at the other side where thousands of the same circular firewalls were erected, and in the middle was a huge firewall surrounded by hundreds of huge echoes with a variety of colors.
This sector was called the Prototype Sector, and in the center of the sector where the Motherboard was located and was the one who commanded the sector.
"Why does the Motherboard in Prototype Sector restrict Source Code distribution to its denizens, compelling them to devour weaker and exiled echoes?"
Aether had been here for so long and still didn't have enough data to oppose those living in the center of the sector. By scavenging the banished echoes from the TIENS, Aether gained more data about it. Because it was a single data hub, all the data was shared based on the status of the echoes.
Devouring a banished guardian made him gain data on how it captured viruses and corrupted ones, and other data about the TIENS.
He also got his name through it and learned why he was identified as a corrupted echo. Because of its single hub connected to the Motherboard, every Guardian Echo has data of the Guardian Form. But because of the Null Sector virus, most of the data was banished and only a portion of it remained, just like how he was when he arrived at the Prototype Sector.