: Azmuth arrives via teleportation, explaining that the Omnitrix isn't just glitching—it’s trying to "quarantine" the Echo. To defeat a digital threat, Ben needs a digital solution. He manages to lock in Feedback, his favorite Conductoid form.

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: The most powerful device in the galaxy, featuring hundreds of unlocked aliens and a mind of its own.

: Rook uses his Proto-Tool to track the energy to an abandoned laboratory once belonging to Dr. Psychobos. They find a "Temporal Echo" of Malware , a data-ghost created when the universe was recreated. This Echo is absorbing the DNA of nearby aliens to stabilize its form.