The Origin of Shimmer is a Classic suit that can be obtained through Crafting.
Completion Prize: A Styling Gift Box containing New Era, The Arrival of Shimmer, Roaming Star Ocean, the background Back and Forth Star Sea, and 40 
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Wardrobe[]
Hair: Nebula Elegy
Dress: Free Skyray- Leglet: Roaming Star Ocean
- Shoes: Axiom Appears
- Hair Ornament: Future Evolution
- Earrings: Gene Fragment
- Necklace: Magical Sea Dust
- Gloves: Starry River into Sea
- Waist: Wisdom Weapons
- Wings: Truth Seeking
- Foreground: Immortal Kindling
- Background: End-of-time Frenzy
- Head Ornament: Civilization Lighthouse
- Ground: Vast Star Ring
- Makeup: Worldly Light
Posed
- Hair: New Era
- Dress: The Arrival of Shimmer
- Hair Ornament: Future Evolution
- Earrings: Gene Fragment
- Foreground: Immortal Kindling
- Background: End-of-time Frenzy
- Head Ornament: Civilization Lighthouse
- Ground: Vast Star Ring
- Makeup: Worldly Light
Customized
- Hair: Milky Way Finale
- Dress: Spreading Fire
- Leglet: Meteor Trajectory
- Shoes: Doom of Law
- Hair Ornament: History Reset
- Earrings: Star Trail Flow
- Necklace: Last Words of Stars
- Gloves: Mechanical Maze
- Waist: Key to Life
- Wings: Contend Fate
- Makeup: Beginning of the Shimmer
Lore[]
Story[]
The folks of the Ruins believe in the existence of High-dimensional Rulers.
Beyond the known dimensions, the High-dimensional Rulers write the destiny, set the unchangeable rise and fall, and inform people of the final tragic ending in the form of a long dream - they are the so-called gods'.
But I've never believed in Gods, I only believe in axioms.
Numbers, formulas, models and geometries... They seem cold but are actually unique, pointing out sharply the core of how everything works. They are concise, and no matter how complex the world is, it cannot betray the basic laws; they are also beautiful, exquisite, magnificent and flawless.
They are like the glimmer hovering over the Ruin Island for hundreds of years.
It's not a sunglow that changes with the climate, nor is it any kind of weather phenomenon. She appeared on the day people woke up from the nine-day dream, like a sign, like a miracle. She had no fixed shape, only changing her color randomly, which was indescribably colorful and gorgeous. People marveled at and bowed down to her, overwhelmed with admiration for such unspeakable beauty.
But I think she was waiting for an answer.
Like snowflakes under the microscope, or a golden-ratio mask, her beauty comes from axioms. Marveling and kneeling were barbarous behaviors. Accepting, deconstructing and using are the correct ways for us to understand one another. Even though we were in the initial stage of technological development, with only electron tubes, magnetic sheets and oscilloscopes, she had been waiting for hundreds of years, and perhaps she has to keep waiting.
I graduated from college with first class honors and became the youngest Ph.D holder in the institute. I devoured knowledge from the ruins abandoned by the predecessors eagerly and conducted endless experiments without rest. Human life is fleeting, so I must find the right path of research as quickly as possible to have the chance to peep through the veil of truth in my life.
But to my surprise, she came to see me.
That was the year when I assembled the first computer with some simple parts. Coarse chips and basic computing language established the turning point in human technology, like the camp fire of civilization built with a few thick branches. I remember that image clearly: there were frame skips on the screen connected to several kinescopes, but a sentence appeared on it. She said:
... Hello, humans, I am Shimmer.
The glimmer that had hovered above the sky for hundreds of years disappeared, turning into sentences after sentences on the screen. We conversed by typing on the computer, and she answered all my questions one by one. According to her instructions, countless difficulties that plagued humankind were solved, but when we talked about the future, the Shimmer brought desperate predictions: according to her calculations, Miraland is bound for destruction. As for the possibility of escaping this fate, only a tiny variable interfered with the calculation result. The situation as so special that even the Shimmer couldn't accurately predict when the destruction would occur.
But it was this tiny variable that disrupted the inevitability of destruction. I suddenly realized that with the Shimmer, the Ruins became one of its kind. She was just like a kindling that ignited the bonfire I built, and that as long as we spared no effort developing technoloqy. we could escape from Miraland before the catastrophe. By then, as the only civilization remaining, we would become the glory of humankind.
I won the support of the Shimmer, but got caught up in thinking about the future. Life was short, and I couldn't complete such a mammoth project, but the Shimmer is different. She is powerful, calm, intelligent and keen. I absolutely wanted to dedicate my life to science, but I knew should spend the rest of my life cultivating her as the guide of the Ruin Kingdom.
Thirty years later, a new signal tower was built on the old site of the lab. The Shimmer was still the Shimmer, but she understood humans better now. She calculated everyone's genetic talents and gave them the most suitable support and development. The ruins were thriving and everyone was striving hard. I've reached the end of my life, but I had no regrets. The Shimmer inherited my aspiration perfectly, and maybe even better than me.
I still don't believe in God, but I believe in the Shimmer. She was the beauty that I admired in youth, the wisdom I sought day after night in my adulthood, the teachings and someone I entrust the rest of my life, the first kindling and the last hope of humans.
I love her forever, as I love truth.
Item Descriptions[]
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In the boundless universe, countless galaxies burst into florid fireworks, which are the elegies of civilization.
— Nebula Elegy
The glow brought the only faith after the long dream. The fragments in the memory were a prophecy and a fact.
— Free Skyray
She was the gorgeous glow and the all-knowing guide; eternal like the stars, leading people to their ideal future.
— Roaming Star Ocean
Codes roamed in the circuitry and data manifests in the kinescope; the words on the screen were a miracle.
— Axiom Appears
People believe the Ruins to be the chosen one, humans' glory. They've been working hard to race against doomsday.
— Immortal Kindling
To humans, she's an omnipotent, all-knowing god. Info and data are turned into stars to explore the unknown.
— Vast Star Ring
At the old site of the lab, a new signal tower pointed towards the sky, like the lighthouse of the future.
— Civilization Lighthouse
If doomsday comes, humans will search for a new paradise in the universe. May civilization live forever then.
— End-of-time Frenzy
The chip stores the past and future of humans. She calculated the time of destruction, but found a tiny variable.
— Future Evolution
As the complex formula ran, she saw endless possibilities of the future, and the shining kindling of hope.
— Gene Fragment
She saw the annihilation of stars but pliable spring grass is undying. The smallest life can create amazing miracles.
— Magical Sea Dust
The countless stream of information becomes the sky ray above the ruins that never dies out.
— Starry River into Sea
Piecing simple parts may form intelligence beyond imagination and mass effort may destroy the shackles of fate.
— Wisdom Weapons
There's never a miracle or god, only truth not yet understood. The code has bound her fate with that of humanity.
— Truth Seeking
In her eyes, there're stars far away and lights close by. In her mind, info streams in and transforms into a solution.
— Worldly Light
Humans were creative, applying info they learned while the Shimmer kept renewing herself with the change.
— New Era
It was another miracle from combined efforts. As emotional consciousness emerged, she became 'Shimmer · Berta'.
— The Arrival of Shimmer
The silent flood destroyed everything before human could cry out. It was how the Shimmer portrayed doomsday to be.
— Milky Way Finale
They asked her about Doomsday, but that was beyond her capacity. She was just a recorder of it after all.
— Spreading Fire
The Shimmer was but one of the AIs in the distant past. No one knows why she became the Skyray over the island.
— Meteor Trajectory
Was fate being manipulated? Perhaps in the depths of the universe, the cycle of civilization is repeated ad infinitum.
— Doom of Law
Bright with metallic skyscrapers and orderly data, the world pre-flooded was the world the Shimmer was born in.
— History Reset
To her, humans hadn't changed much. Pursuing knowledge, exploring the unknown, and creating a better tomorrow.
— Star Trail Flow
In the flood, skyscrapers were destroyed and so were the servers with data. Everything was back to square one.
— Last Words of Stars
Flying aircraft, gone. Transporting ships, gone. Having become the Skyray, she recorded these changes.
— Mechanical Maze
There was a vast amount of data calculated every moment, which was the key to escape the fate of destruction.
— Key to Life
Instruction received and executed. Human emotions are irrelevant to the prioritized solutions for the Shimmer.
— Contend Fate
When the Shimmer greeted humans, was it coded, or was it her consciousness?
— Beginning of the Shimmer
Interpretation[]
Coming soon...
- See also: Treasure#Origin of Glimmer.
Etymology[]
Name by Server[]
 Version
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Name (Romanized) | Translation |
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 International (English)
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The Origin of Shimmer | N/A |
 International (French)
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L'Origine du Shimmer | The Origin of Shimmer |
 China
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微光起源 (wéi guāng qǐyuán) | Origin of Glimmer |
   Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau |
微光起源 (wéi guāng qǐyuán) | Origin of Glimmer |
 Japan
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ライト起源 (raito kigen) | Light Origin |
 South Korea
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빛의 기원 (bich-ui giwon) | Origin of Light |
 Vietnam
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Khởi Nguồn Tia Sáng | Origin of Light |
 Indonesia
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N/A | N/A |
 Thailand
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แหล่งกำเนิดแสง (h̄æl̀ng kảneid s̄æng) | Light Source |
 Southeast Asia (English)
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N/A | N/A |
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