In the 74th year of the Star Dome Calendar, the portholes of the Forgefire Embryo Starship were shrouded in a honeycomb-like silver-blue glow. The honey-crystal core in Chen Feng's palm pulsed with tidal vibrations. Outside the portholes, the "Forgefire Symbiotic Star-Nest"—a floating mechanical honeycomb woven from nano-pagoda-tree fibers and anti-gravity alloys—surrounded the central forge. Twelve main nest chambers encircled the central forge, the surface of each chamber shimmering with the quantum ripples of the Cold Abyss Ice Crystals, while the "Star-Nest Forge-Core" at the heart of the forge emitted a piercing shriek like tearing metal.
"Chen Feng! The symbiotic forge's resonance frequency in the star-nest is shifting!" On Su Yuhan's monitoring screen, the hexagonal grids representing the various nest chambers were disintegrating. "Quantum cracks are appearing in the Cold Abyss Ice Crystals on the surface of the forge-core, and the pagoda-tree neural fibers between the nest chambers... are being decomposed by a 'Star-Nest Ripper' virus!" She suddenly pointed at the tactical screen. "The frequency signature of the virus... matches the String Breakers' 'Symbiotic Rejection Core' exactly!"
Liu Ruyan's communication patched through an emergency signal composed of grinding gears and rustling leaves, manifesting the semi-transparent star-nest navigator, "Yin Huai." His body was formed from Stardust Alloy and glowing pagoda-tree fibers, with a "Star-Nest Core" homologous to…
Chapter 59