In the 77th year of the Star Dome Calendar, the portholes of the Forgefire Embryo Starships were shrouded in flowing quantum mists. The Bee-Patterned Budding Core in Chen Feng's palm pulsed with tide-like fluctuations. Outside the portholes, the "Forgefire Quantum River" was collapsing at a visible rate. The originally multicolored quantum currents degenerated into a uniform silver-gray, and the symbiotic models floating in the river—quantum-entangled life-forms of pagoda-tree fiber and Stardust Alloy—were disintegrating en masse into pure particle streams.
"Chen Feng! The entropy of the quantum river has broken through the critical threshold," Su Yuhan said. On her monitoring screen, the qubits representing the symbiotic network were disappearing at a rate of 20% per second. "An urgent message from the String-Weaver Civilization: the 'Quantum Symbiotic Cornerstone' at the bottom of the river is being swallowed by an 'Anti-Symbiosis Vortex,' and the core frequency of the vortex... matches the String Breakers' 'Pure Quality Tidal Wave' completely!"
Liu Ruyan's communication patched in a distress signal composed of the sounds of bursting quantum foam. It materialized as the translucent Ripple Clan leader, "Boyun," whose body was formed from the energy currents of the quantum river, with a "Tidal Core" homologous to the Cold Abyss Ice Crystal embedded in his chest. "Our city is collapsing! The quantum river is the symbiotic foundation of the Ripple Clan, and now even our memor…
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