Consciousness Resonance, Dao Rhyme Dialogue with the Soul of a Star Domain

On the third day after the interstellar defense network was completed, Shen Hao went alone to the Secret Treasury Pavilion. He looked at the stable sealing data for the core fragment on the sand table, yet a thread of unease lingered in his heart. He vaguely sensed that some unknown secret seemed to be hidden within the core fragment.

"Zi Xuan, do you think there could be something else inside the core fragment besides Energy Devouring Energy?" Shen Hao asked softly through the Mind-Speech Pathway.

Zi Xuan's voice carried a trace of worry. "Brother Hao, are you afraid there might be other threats within the fragment? How about we gather the research team and conduct another comprehensive examination of it?"

Shen Hao shook his head. "There's no need. This feeling of unease comes from the resonance between my Dao Rhyme and the fragment. I want to try entering the fragment personally with my consciousness and get to the bottom of it."

"No!" Zi Xuan's voice instantly turned urgent. "The Energy Devouring Energy within the fragment is too powerful. If your consciousness enters it, it will be devoured by the Energy Devouring Energy!"

"Don't worry. I have the Longevity Dao Rhyme protecting me, as well as the protection of the Three-Element Balance Energy. Nothing will happen." Shen Hao comforted her. "Besides, only by entering the fragment can we truly understand the truth behind the Outer Realm Dark Energy."

Shen Hao hesitated no longer. He sat cross-legged in the center of the Secret Treasury Pavilion, circulated the Longevity Dao Rhyme throughout his body, and condensed the Three-Element Balance Energy into a golden shield around his consciousness. Then he slowly closed his eyes, and his consciousness drifted toward the core fragment like a wisp of green smoke.

The instant his consciousness entered the