In the 65th year of the Star Dome Calendar, the portholes of the Forgefire Embryo Starship were shrouded in thick, rust-red mist. Chen Feng gripped the Ancestral Forge Hammer, his hand sinking into a warm tremor; the rust-patterned engravings on the hammerhead were resonating with the rust-crystal mountain ranges on the planet below. Across those mountain masses, which resembled solidified lava, flowed a forge-fire frequency homologous to Old Zhou's Gear Mold. The "Forge-Fire Rust-Seed" of the Orion Arm had arrived. The surface of this spherical celestial body, 20,000 light-years in diameter, was covered in the most primordial rust in the universe, dyeing even the light of the stars a deep crimson.
"Chen Feng! The planet's core frequency," Su Yuhan’s voice held a note of awe. On the monitor, the spectrum pulsated in perfect alignment with the Cambrian rust belt of Earth. "It is the maternal frequency of the Cold Pool Mineral Vein from Old Zhou's Gear Mold, and at the planet's poles... there exist Rust Sanctuaries homologous to the *Chronicles of Forge-Fire Corrosion*." She suddenly pointed at the tactical display. "But twelve String Breakers battleships are excavating the polar rust crystals. Their drilling frequency... it’s disrupting the planet's corrosion equilibrium!"
A hoarse vibrational wave broke through, signaling the connection of Liu Ruyan. Appearing was a strange lifeform, half-metallic and half-botanical; their bodies were composed of symbiotic rust-crystals and…
Chapter 49