In the 118th year of the Star Dome Calendar, the Forgefire Embryo Starship floated beside the symbiotic clusters of the Mist Clan and the Flameheart Clan, much like a seed sown with hope. Outside the ship’s viewport, the translucent surface of the clusters sprouted coral-like resonance buds. Each tender sprout flickered with the blended spectrum of the two civilizations—the orange-red lava patterns of the Flameheart Clan interwoven with the indigo water curtain ripples of the Mist Clan—forming the first cross-civilization "Nianlun" in the universe. However, as Chen Feng pressed his palm against the observation window, black spots suddenly erupted across the cluster, and the tender buds withered and curled at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Abnormal necrosis detected in the resonance buds!" Su Yuhan’s voice trembled. On the monitor, the Nianlun curves for the twelve major civilizations plummeted simultaneously. "The furnace core of the Flameheart Clan’s home planet is emitting anti-symbiosis radiation, and order crystals have actually condensed within the cloud layers of the Mist Clan’s gas giant! This contradicts the Laws of the Heartnet!"
Liu Ruyan’s alarm, accompanied by the crackling of crystallizing matter, rang out: "Star map manifestation! 'Heart-Core Withers' have appeared! Their bodies are composed of solidified energy born from civilizational suspicion and the crystals of symbiotic fear, and they are consuming the growth hormones of the resonance buds!" Outside …
Chapter 156