Laying the Foundation of the Defense Line, Dao Rhymes Weave a Hongmeng Net

News that the core fragment's seal had loosened swept across the Hongmeng Great Land like a boulder raising monstrous waves. Upon learning of it, beings of every race voiced their concerns to Shen Hao through the Mind-Speech Pathway.

"Common Lord Shen, once the core fragment's seal breaks and Energy Devouring Energy leaks out, the Hongmeng Great Land will face a catastrophe of annihilation!" an elder of the Wood Spirit Race from the Northern Territory said urgently.

"Yes, Common Lord Shen. We are willing to contribute our Origin Power; we only ask that Hongmeng's peace be preserved!" a representative of the Spirit Grass growers from the Southern Territory said earnestly as well.

Through the Mind-Speech Pathway, Shen Hao soothed the masses. "There is no need for panic. We have already found a way to neutralize Energy Devouring Energy, but it requires time and resources. Our most urgent task is to construct an 'Interstellar Defense Network' and completely isolate the core fragment's sealed region from the Hongmeng Great Land. Even if the seal breaks, Energy Devouring Energy will be unable to invade Hongmeng."

The proposal to build an Interstellar Defense Network received unanimous approval from every race. Shen Hao immediately gathered the research group and master craftsmen of all races to begin designing the defense network's blueprint.

"The Interstellar Defense Network is not simply a stacking of formations. It must use Hongmeng's five major ecological protection zones as nodes, the Central Spiritual Vein as its core, and the Primordial Life Pearl's enduring power as its bond, weaving all of Hongmeng's spiritual energy of heaven and earth into an energy barrier spanning the stars." Shen Hao pointed at the Hongmeng map on the sand table as he explained in detail. "This barrier must resist the erosion of Energy Devouring Energy, allow Hongmeng's living