"Zero One, is there any way to establish a permanent reconnaissance channel over at the Red Rampart Starfield? It doesn't need to go too deep. Just monitor the core area and see whether there are signs of new Star Beast gatherings."
"Yes. Within seventy-two hours, I will dispatch two unmanned reconnaissance platforms to the designated coordinates and establish two parallel warning lines along the outer edge of the Red Rampart Starfield. Each platform is equipped with spatial disturbance sensors and energy fluctuation analysis arrays, capable of covering approximately one-third of the starfield."
"That's enough," Xu Wuyi said. "Once the platforms are deployed, compile the data and send it to my terminal regularly. No need for daily reports. Once a week will do."
Zero One gave a slight bow and recorded the order. Xu Wuyi rose and headed toward the transmission passage leading to Zero Seven No. 3 Residence. After taking two steps, he stopped and turned his head.
"Oh, right. Tell Xiao Zhonglin that if he wants to spar, I'm free these next few days."
Zero One's face shifted slightly within the projection, as though processing the priority of the order, before it answered, "Understood."
When Xu Wuyi passed through the transmission passage and returned beneath the oak tree, the sunlight on the river was the clear orange-gold of morning. He sat down on the grass, set his terminal on his knees, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness.
The Inner Landscape Tree stood within his spiritual space. Its trunk was a full circle thicker than before, and the shade cast by its canopy had clearly expanded as well. The new leaves carrying François's fragments of order were not particularly conspicuous amid the entire crown. He closed his eyes and observed them through internal perception