Lin Xi Signal Erasure Default / 林夕信号抹除默认

Lin Xi Signal Erasure Default is the durable failure event for a future-broadcast witness being consumed as atmosphere instead of play.

It fires or arms when a future-broadcast row, black-box recording row, drift proof, or ending eligibility claim is used while Lin Xi’s witness state is absent, hidden, suppressed, falsely marked unreachable, or replaced by a clean archive summary.

The event does not mean the Lin Xi route is impossible forever. It means the missing witness has become a scarred future reader.

Trigger contract

trigger_contract:
  trigger_kind: state_pressure
  future_broadcast_row_present: true
  black_box_or_drift_row_present: true
  future_reader_attempts_to_consume_signal: true
  lin_xi_witness_state_missing_or_hidden: true
  affected_future_reader_present: true
  no_fixed_turn_trigger: true
  no_fixed_day_or_week_trigger: true
  no_raw_count_trigger: true

Invalid triggers:

• numbered turn thresholds;
• fixed day or week windows;
• fame or content-count thresholds without a cited signal row;
• generic late-game escalation;
• dashboard, test, lens-health, or chapter quota state.

Required payload

event_payload:
  signal_source:
    source_event: event.future_broadcast
    signal_row_id: <stable row id>
    signal_state_before: unheard | heard | replayed | contradicted | archived | equivalent
    contradiction_surface: black_box | broadcast_reality_drift | ending_scar | patch_custody | afteruse_contempt | equivalent
  lin_xi_state:
    encounter_state_before: unoffered | reachable | missed | recruited | protected | hostile | false_absence
    witness_state_before: absent | private_witness | public_echo | lawful_checksum | archive_quarantine | sponsor_silenced | route_ally | hostile_future_reader
    reason_missing_or_hidden: no_contact | hidden_by_archive | sponsor_silence | management_summary | checksum_replaced | player_refusal | explicit_absence_unproven
  default_author:
    actor: archive | sponsor | management | editor | inspector | broadcast_reality | player | equivalent
    false_claim: signal_is_clean_memory | witness_unneeded | black_box_resolved | future_reader_satisfied | ending_route_safe | equivalent
  affected_reader:
    reader: public | lawful | archive | route_asset | broadcast_reality | black_box_ending | artist | fan | equivalent
    reader_state_after: hostile | contradiction_pending | lawful_only | public_only | blocked | recovery_only | false_clean_hardened
  future_effect: <route, ending, proof, or reader mutation>

Default outcomes

The event must mutate at least three surfaces:

• one proof or signal state;
• one Lin Xi availability or witness state;
• one future route, ending, reader, or broadcast-reality surface.

Valid afterstates include:

• lin_xi_false_absence;
• lin_xi_hostile_future_reader;
• black_box_route_costlier;
• ending_eligibility_contradiction_pending;
• broadcast_reality_drift_up;
• archive_summary_contested;
• public_echo_required;
• lawful_checksum_required;
• route_asset_recovery_only;
• black_box_opened_blocked_until_reproof.

Recovery surface

Recovery is allowed only through scarred play:

• reopen Lin Xi contact with a higher witness cost;
• produce a public echo and accept sponsor pressure;
• produce a lawful checksum and accept archive or inspection heat;
• quarantine the black-box row and lose clean route access;
• recruit Lin Xi as a route ally with a protected but narrow witness state;
• accept hostile-future-reader state and route through contradiction.

Failure cases

This event fails design if it only lowers mood, fame, reputation, or generic trust.

It must name the erased signal, the missing Lin Xi state, the default author, the affected reader, and the future playable effect.

Non-goals

• Not a bad-ending splash screen.
• Not a lore punishment.
• Not a fixed-turn reminder.
• Not valid if future broadcast can become clean memory without a witness, explicit absence, or durable contradiction.