In the year 103 of the Star Dome Calendar, the portholes of the Forgefire Embryo Starship were stained a fluid silver-blue by the radiance of cosmic-scale gears. In the palm of Chen Feng’s hand, the bee-patterned gear core trembled with a seismic intensity. Outside the porthole, the Forgefire Symbiotic Hub Star, ten thousand light-years in diameter, was undergoing a mechanical convulsion. The perpetual furnace, woven from antimatter gears and symbiotic water-textures, had suddenly fallen out of balance. Twelve gear spires tilted toward the core like demented windmills; spiderweb cracks appeared on the water-texture lubricating film covering the furnace, and dark golden "Entropy Annihilation rust" spread along the gear teeth, gnawing the symbiotic structure into shattered mechanical shards.
"Chen Feng! The Hub Star’s perpetual symbiosis index has plummeted to 17%," Su Yuhan cried out. On her monitor, the 360-degree dial representing gear engagement was spinning in reverse. "Remnants of the String Breakers have planted an 'Perpetual Motion Paradox Core' in the furnace heart; it’s converting the water-texture lubricating film into anti-symbiotic rust chains!" She suddenly pointed to the tactical screen. "Worse still, the 'Primal Gear Water-Texture Core' at the center of the furnace is being rewritten into an absolute mechanical Entropy Annihilation gear!"
Liu Ruyan’s communication was shredded by the sound of gears fracturing. The Manifested leader of the Mirror Abyss Clan, "C…
Chapter 98