In the 42nd year of the Star Dome Calendar, the gravitational wave monitor at the Cold Pool Quantum Lighthouse emitted a sharp, piercing buzz; the ripples on the screen distorted violently, like boiling magma. The Resonance Compass in Chen Feng’s hand acted up again, its gears rotating in reverse at a visible speed as ghostly blue patterns emerged on the dial, piecing together the outline of the Coma Berenices galaxy. Those patterns resembled the accretion disk of a black hole, yet they concealed intricate forging marks, as if narrating some ancient and mysterious craft.
"Chen Feng! An anomalous gravitational fluctuation has been detected in the Coma Berenices galaxy, thirty times the intensity of a standard black hole!" Su Yuhan’s voice was filled with terror. On the holographic star map before her, the light points representing the galaxy were being pulled and twisted by an invisible force. "Furthermore... the frequency of the fluctuation is identical to the resonance frequency generated by the gear assembly when Old Zhou was repairing the giant water turbine!"
Liu Ruyan broke into the channel urgently; behind her, the interstellar command center was in chaos, with alarm lights flashing incessantly. "The String-Weaver Civilization reports that the Black Hole Anvil has begun to operate. The spacetime structures of the three surrounding galaxies are being reshaped into some unknown forging mold! Even worse, we’ve detected the energy signatures of the remaining String Breake…
Chapter 26