Embers Set the Prairie Ablaze

"Alert! High-level 'disruptive transition' fluctuations detected! Coordinates point to the border of the newly connected Emerald Star Alliance! Fluctuation characteristics highly match Generational Succession remnants!" Xuxi's coordinator spoke urgently.

A sharp gleam flashed in Lin Ye's eyes.

"The stubborn stone" had not moved, yet "the lingering embers" had already ignited.

The New Era's first real-world trial had arrived.

"Retrieve the detailed data. Notify nearby nodes to raise their alert level. Prepare to establish remote observation and intervention channels." Lin Ye's voice was calm and decisive.

A breeze had risen, and muddy waves followed.

The Emerald Star Alliance was a gentle union of plant- and mineral-conscious civilizations. They revered growth and silent communication and possessed virtually no military strength. They had only recently established a shallow connection with the New Era Network.

At that moment, the spatial structure of the Fernleaf Frontier star system at the alliance's outermost edge violently twisted and boiled! Violent energy brimming with destructive intent erupted forth, accompanied by the bizarre sounds of shrill "newborn cries" and "old things burning and bursting."

Ferocious warships pieced together from shattered celestial bodies and lava swarmed out of the transition rift! Unstable dark-red energy flowed across their hulls, radiating the mad aura of "existing solely for destruction."

The Scorched-Earth Fleet—an extreme civilization known as The Burnt Ones, who utterly believed in the Ladder of Generational Renewal. They roamed the cosmos, seeking out "stagnant" civilizations to "purify," calling it "carrying out the universe's metabolism."

The Emerald Star Alliance's border outposts failed even to fully sound the alarm before being reduced to elementary particles by the first barrage of disruptive energy. Terror flooded the alliance's internal psychic network.

"It's The Burnt Ones! The legendary wandering calamity of destruction!"

"Why? We've never provoked them!"

"Call for help, quickly!"

The alliance's leader, the ancient