While 123 and Monina were busy being put on display for public viewing (for some reason, those two words always sounded especially thrilling when used together), we had already begun the hectic search for whatever had lured the Fifth Fleet to Azure Star—or, more precisely, whatever had lured me to Azure Star. According to Lin Xue's prophecy and Tawell's analysis, a "Signal Source" near Azure Star had subconsciously influenced me, causing the entire fleet to muddle along behind me and end up in the wrong place.
Any interference source capable of affecting a Void Creature's judgment without my noticing it at all was enough to draw immense attention from every Imperial researcher, regardless of what it was. After Yiersen established a stable passage through the connection between the World Tree Temple and the God of War Temple, Tawell sent over the most advanced Research Vessels and deep-space Reconnaissance Ships she could find, along with a research team consisting of two hundred senior assistant technicians and her own Mass Projection, plus a large contingent of Imperial Soldiers. They began a sweeping search around Azure Star.
At the same time, Yiersen activated the relevant functions of the World Management System and searched the registry locations of all matter across the universe. He did find something suspected to be foreign, but for some reason, even the God Race's World Management System could not accurately pinpoint the coordinates of that "foreign object." It could only vaguely determine that it lay within three light-years of Azure Star. Finding it would apparently take some time and manpower.
Of course, Imperial personnel were only responsible for a small portion of the search for the "foreign object." The real bulk of the operation rested with Yiersen's divine servants. After all, this world was the God Race's home ground.