In the 59th year of the Star Dome Calendar, the harmonic engines of the Forgefire Embryo Starship emitted a shrill, discordant noise at the edge of the Triangulum Galaxy. Chen Feng’s grip tightened on the Ancestral Forge Hammer; the harmonic patterns on the hammerhead were being shredded by chaotic frequencies. Outside the porthole, the once-brilliant binary star sector had devolved into a black vortex, where twelve inverted "Anti-Harmonic Forges" were dismantling stars, compressing light and heat into lethal chaotic sonic booms.
"Chen Feng! The technology of the anti-forge-fire civilization, the 'Dark Harmonizers'," Su Yuhan’s monitor crackled with static, "is combining the String Breakers' Reverse-Forging Rune with the harmonic frequencies of binary stars to form an 'Harmonic Black Hole' that swallows all resonance!" She zoomed in on the image, discovering an "Anti-Harmonic Crystal Core" embedded in the forge’s center—a piece that stood in perfect opposition to the Cold Pool Mineral Vein.
In Liu Ruyan’s communication feed, the Forge-Fire concert totem of the Interstellar Council Hall was disintegrating. "They are using the screams of stars as fuel, treating the vibrations of planets like strings..." Her voice was suddenly cut off by noise, the final frame freezing on the mechanical face of the Dark Harmonizer leader—a figure with an "Anti-Forging Core" embedded in its chest, fashioned from fragments of Old Zhou's Gear Mold.
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