In the year 105 of the Star Dome Calendar, the alarm systems of the Forgefire Embryo Starship emitted a piercing shriek under the crushing pressure of the crystal core matrix. On the surface of the honeycomb-patterned flexible core in Chen Feng’s palm, Cold Pool Water Ripple patterns and crystalline lattices flickered violently between light and shadow, as if two primordial cosmic forces were vying for control of his body. Outside the porthole, the fused entities of the Rainbow Fleet were being woven by black crystal cores into complex geometric shapes; their bodies were twisted within the matrix into Mobius strips, their signature bands of starlight and gears compressed into ultra-fine filaments of light, struggling to flicker within the fissures of the crystal lattice.
"Chen Feng! The crystal core matrix is reconstructing the spatial dimensions," Su Yuhan said, her monitor covered in countless hexagonal grids. "The arrangement of these cores... it’s identical to the 'Entropy Annihilation Cube Array' on page 2247 of Old Zhou’s notes! The Forging-Pattern chains of the fused entities are being compressed into eleven-dimensional space, and even the harmony marks of the Cold Pool Water Ripple... are being parsed into crystal code!"
Liu Ruyan’s communication signal cut in and out, his materialized Linglan body reduced to a translucent spectral afterimage. "They are extracting the signature genes of the symbiotes! The starlight and gear patterns are being converted into... fuel …
Chapter 104