Lin Ye, Sageta, Seraphina, Pisces, Asteria, Ram, Capricorn, and Leo himself—the nine Guardians formed a perfect circle inside the Resonance Chamber.
Only Scorpio remained seated in the corner of the room, his Scorpio mark emitting an unstable dark violet glow.
"Begin activating the Resonance Network," Leo announced.
In an instant, the nine Constellation Marks lit up at once. Rays of different colors began to intertwine, forming a complex energy network.
Taurus drew a deep breath, and the green light of his Taurus mark suddenly surged. The power of his persistence extended toward the edge of the Milky Way, searching for the legendary Starlight Empire.
Gemini closed her eyes, and her Gemini mark split into two distinct silver lights. One represented known patterns of thought, while the other attempted to adapt to the conceptual structure of an unknown civilization.
"Connection being established..." Taurus's voice was tense. "It's farther than expected. We need more energy."
Lin Ye immediately increased the output of the Sagittarius Mark, adding golden light of freedom to the energy network. The other Guardians also raised the power output of their Marks.
At that moment, the entire Heart of Freedom began to shake violently.
"Alert! The Void Ark has detected our conceptual signal!" Sageta saw a horrifying image on the monitoring screen.
In deep space, the tentacles covering the surface of the massive spherical Death Star began to writhe madly. Countless black Concept Distortion Fields were released from the Ark, attempting to interfere with the ongoing communication.
"The Energy Fluctuation is being disrupted!" Gemini reported painfully. "The enemy's conceptual noise is too strong. I can't maintain adaptive adjustments."
Worse still, Scorpio, sitting in the corner, suddenly let out a pained scream.
His Scorpio mark began flashing frantically, and the parasites remaining inside him became active once more due to