Chapter 27

In the 43rd year of the Star Dome Calendar, the sonic monitor at the Cold Pool Quantum Lighthouse erupted with a piercing shriek at midnight. Chen Feng jolted up from his workbench, and Old Zhou's first-generation Gear Mold, which he had been repairing, clattered to the floor. On the monitor, the coordinates of the Lynx constellation were expanding at an observable rate, as countless golden, note-shaped energy currents gushed forth, only to be eroded at the edges by black noise—like a beautiful melody suddenly marred by static. "Chen Feng! The 'Ring of Tanyin' of the Sound-Forgers civilization is disintegrating!" Su Yuhan’s voice trembled with unprecedented fear. On the holographic star map, the Ring of Tanyin, constructed from pure sound waves, was webbed with cracks. "Their sonic forging techniques have been contaminated by unknown energy; even the stars are running out of tune!" Liu Ruyan’s transmission broke through almost simultaneously, with the chaotic Interstellar Council Hall in the background. "Remnants of the String Breakers have deployed 'Noise Amplifiers' in the Lynx dark zone, using the chaotic energy residue from the Black Hole Anvil to distort the Sound-Forgers' frequencies! Worse yet... the disintegration waves from the Ring of Tanyin are spreading toward the Solar System. Earth’s geomagnetic field is showing signs of becoming musical!"