"Large-Scale Warp Fluctuations Detected!"

Meanwhile, in the newly built Dawn Community, the first batch of human residents were completing their registration procedures.

A little girl with a mechanical prosthetic leg pressed herself against the observation window, gazing absently at the gleaming crystal spires of the distant Protoss District.

Her father, a former Terran Dominion soldier who had lost his right arm in a Protoss attack, silently tucked the compensation chip back into his pocket before picking up the cultural exchange handbook distributed by the community.

As dusk fell, a section of the energy isolation wall at the border between District Seven and the Dawn Community suddenly became transparent.

The prearranged cultural exchange booths lit up with soft lights, displaying paintings created by Protoss children with human paints, along with Khaydarin Crystal sculptures crafted by human artisans.

Dorn stood before the orbital observation window, watching the lights of countless homes gradually illuminate the surface below.

On the macro scan, the red regions representing humanity's Wrath index were slowly shrinking, replaced by cautious yellow and tentative pale green.

This long reconciliation between the two races of Universe 18 had taken its first step.

Of course, Dorn, who had received temporary governor authority from the Emperor, would not force the humans of Universe 18 who harbored hostility toward the Protoss to lay down their hatred. Instead, he would provide those unwilling to let go of that hatred with greater subsidies and benefits, then arrange for them to relocate to other universes under the Empire's rule.

In Dorn's eyes, human compatriots would always come first, regardless of the universe.

Imperial Calendar 0050, November 15. Unknown Sector, Fringe Star System.

Within this sector marked on star charts as the Eye of Desolation, the passage of time seemed to have become viscous and slow.

The sparse nebulae hung frozen