In the year 118 of the Star Dome Calendar, the navigation system of the Honey Mist Gear was suddenly disrupted by a Stardust storm. Beyond the portholes, countless fine particles of light wove through the dark sand, sketching a fleeting star map—the "light-sand communication" unique to the Stardust Clan—yet on the monitoring screens, it revealed a fractured symbiotic network.
"Stardust Clan distress signal detected!" Su Yuhan pulled a broken image from the data light-sand. "Their light particles are being swallowed by the Dark Sand Clan’s gravity wells, and the Dark Sand Clan... is observing the universe using the Pure-Essence Council’s anti-symbiosis filters."
Liu Ruyan suddenly pointed to the edge of the star map: "The Dark Sand Clan’s home planet is absorbing the Burning Star Crystals of the Sand Sea Galaxy! Engraved on the surface of their gravity wells is the same single-frequency totem as the Arid Council’s."
Chapter 182