In the 101st year of the Star Dome Calendar, the portholes of the Forgefire Embryo Starship were covered by flowing liquid forge-patterns. Those living bands of light twisted and reassembled at an eerie frequency, slicing the starlight of the outside world into leaping musical notes. The Bee-Pattern Eternal Core in the palm of Chen Feng's hand transmitted an irregular tremor, as if ten thousand strings were snapping simultaneously—this was an early warning unlike anything seen since the awakening of the Thirteenth Egg. Outside the portholes, the strange space known as the "Symbiotic Variation Domain" was presenting a frenzied rhythm; the forge-pattern network, a million light-years in diameter, resembled a boiling orchestra pit. Every forge-pattern was evolving autonomously, yet at the center, they formed a forge-pattern vortex that swallowed everything.
"Chen Feng! The autonomous evolution index of the variation domain's forge-patterns has broken through the critical threshold," Su Yuhan said. On her monitoring screen, the curve representing forge-pattern stability was jumping wildly like an electrocardiogram. "These forge-patterns are devouring nearby symbiotic energy. Even the resonance frequency of the Bee-Pattern Eternal Core... is being forcibly rewritten!" The tactical screen suddenly flashed with a bloody light. "An energy source homologous to the String Breakers has been detected at the center of the vortex, but the frequency is completely unparseable. It's like... …
Chapter 91