"Alert! High-energy 'disruptive transition' fluctuations detected! Coordinates point to the border of the newly connected Emerald Star Alliance! The fluctuation signature closely matches the remnants of 'generational succession'!" The Order's Dawn coordinator spoke urgently.
A sharp gleam flashed in Lin Ye's eyes.
The "unyielding stone" had yet to stir, but the "lingering fire" was already burning.
The New Era's first test in the physical world had arrived.
"Retrieve the detailed data. Notify nearby nodes to heighten their vigilance. Prepare to establish remote observation and intervention channels." Lin Ye's voice was calm and decisive.
A breeze had risen, and murky waves followed.
The Emerald Star Alliance was a peaceful coalition of plant and mineral consciousness civilizations that revered growth and silent communication. Its military strength was virtually nonexistent. It had only just established a shallow connection with the New Era Network.
Now, in the Fernleaf Frontier system at the alliance's outermost edge, the fabric of space twisted and seethed violently! Savage energy brimming with destructive intent gushed out, accompanied by eerie sounds of piercing "newborn cries" and "old things burning and exploding."
One monstrous warship after another, pieced together from shattered celestial bodies and lava, swarmed out of the transition rift! Unstable dark-red energy flowed over their hulls, radiating the madness of things that "existed only to destroy."
The Wildfire Fleet belonged to the Ashen Eradicators, an extremist civilization wholly devoted to the "ladder of generational renewal." They roamed the universe, seeking out "stagnant" civilizations to "purify," dressing it up as "carrying out the universe's metabolism."
The Emerald Star Alliance's border outpost failed even to finish transmitting its alarm before the first volley of disruptive energy reduced it to elementary particles. Terror flooded the alliance's internal psionic network.
"It's the Ashen Eradicators! The roaming cataclysm of destruction from the legends!"
"Why?