In the ten years after the mysterious events on Galan Island, humanity touched the truth of the universe at the cost of its own destruction. Beneath the shadow of technological leaps lay an even deeper darkness. Rust was no end, but an eternal question posed by civilization to a universe of ever-increasing entropy. "Stardust" symbolizes humanity's origins and the vastness of the universe, while "rust" represents the erosion of EMC-001 and the decay of civilization itself. Intertwined, the two suggest that on a cosmic scale, glory and decline are two sides of the same coin.