In the 113th year of the Star Dome Calendar, the Forgefire Embryo Starship cruised through the vast reaches of the universe. Its jump engines emitted a sharp, grinding roar like interlocking gears, as if threatening to tear space itself asunder. Chen Feng stood on the bridge, his gaze piercing through the viewport, fixed firmly on the distorted ripples of spacetime twisted by the jump forces. Suddenly, the Origin Symbiosis Core in his palm began to emit circular, golden, ripple-like patterns, resembling ancient, mysterious runes. Shortly thereafter, it projected a previously uncharted region of space onto the star map.
In that star region, tens of thousands of giant metallic hulks floated in disarray, like a graveyard of the cosmos. On the surface of every fragment, complex Forging-Patterns were engraved, resembling a Root Star-Network. Though eroded by the passage of time, these patterns still radiated an ancient and desolate aura, as if silently recounting past glories and trials.
"Abnormal energy fluctuations detected!" Su Yuhan’s voice trembled slightly. Her eyes were glued to the wildly flickering monitoring screen as data refreshed like a tidal wave. "The metallic composition of these remains... they don't belong to any known civilization. Even more astonishingly, their resonant frequency is strikingly similar to the fluctuations produced when an Origin consciousness awakens!" Her fingers darted across the control console, and the holographic projection zoomed in inst…
Chapter 121