It is all of them. Reality shifts and moves around as its constituent entities will, thus forming an intergalactic hivemind always changing in form. Some entities cause collapses in some areas, some expand it in others. There are more formulations than you can currently imagine. It is amusing that this being came so close to the correct pattern. Continue to expand upon it and you will eventually have your truth. The problem is your scientific process exists in a see it to believe it tedium, so you will need to develop FTL to verify, but it seems your species exists in a bubble of reality where FTL mechanics are interfered, or at least greatly inhibited, so you will need to verify via von neumann probe scouting combined with stasis/cryogenics.