Cracks resembling spiderwebs suddenly ruptured across the dome of the Starvault Academy of Music, and the tuning fork in Chen Feng's hand let out a piercing screech. The gears of the Resonance Compass spun wildly across the dial before grinding to a complete halt—the unmistakable sign of an impending collapse at the core of cosmic resonance. He looked out the window and saw the luminous bands of the galactic spiral arms fading away, like a harp stripped of its strings.
"Chen Feng!" Su Yuhan's voice echoed through the quantum communicator, fraught with unprecedented despair. "The prophecy of the String-Weaver Civilization has come true... The primordial chords of the universe are unraveling!" On the holographic star map, resonance beacons from every civilization flashed red simultaneously, and even the surface of the Earth Cold Pool froze into a mirror-like stillness.
A Silver-Robed String Weaver knelt before the Quantum Lighthouse, the dark string badge in his hands shattering into dust. "When the balance between disorder and order is broken... the universe will return to the primordial soup of chaos." He raised his head to look at Chen Feng, his eyes reflecting the collapsing starry vault. "Only by finding the legendary 'Cosmic Podium' can we recalibrate all the strings."
Chapter 20