This remote Star Sector directly north of the Final Silence Royal Court was soon designated by Saine as a temporary high-risk observation zone.
Envoy Jimin did not object. In fact, when Saine pointed out the traces of Source-Devouring Rules here, the envoy's expression underwent an exceedingly subtle change.
The change was not obvious, but for a Level-12 Mid-Stage powerhouse who had maintained a state of Final Silence for years on end, it was enough to explain everything.
Saine did not rush into the Collapsed Star Belt. He first had Skynet deploy three batches of Mechanical Probes.
The first batch of probes was responsible only for ordinary rule scans.
The second batch carried Final Silence Radiance.
The third batch was loaded with a simplified weight model from the Balance Dispatch Core.
The three batches of probes entered the depths of the star belt in sequence.
The data returned at first was exceptionally stable. This star belt seemed to be nothing more than an ordinary ruined region within Final Silence Time-Space.
But when the third batch of probes entered the deepest collapse point, a mutation occurred.
The energy readings of six Mechanical Probes were stripped away by more than half in less than half a breath.
They had not been suppressed by the Rules of Final Silence, nor had they suffered the kind of frontal impact brought by Destruction. It was as if their core energy had been drawn away by some invisible force.
Saine's gaze tightened slightly.
"Sure enough, it's still here," he said quietly.
Envoy Jimin looked toward the depths of the star belt.
"Back then, Source-Devouring Time-Space did indeed attack Final Silence Time-Space from this direction," Envoy Jimin said.
Saine did not respond at once. He merely had Skynet continue expanding the quarantine perimeter.
Temporary mechanical observation platforms were