Myriad Faces and Forms projected the location of the interference source it had traced. The interference came from deep within the Definition Sea, and its signal encoding belonged to no Known Universe-not the Ember Era, not the Iron Curtain Universe, nor anything recorded in the age of the Zeroers.
Harmonic Leaping Note switched her fifty layers of harmonics to reverse detection mode. It was an extremely dangerous method of probing-not receiving signals, but actively sending resonance waves back along the interference signal to pinpoint its source.
The instant the resonance waves went out, Harmonic Leaping Note's body shuddered violently. She intercepted a fragment of encrypted information. Once decrypted, it contained a single sentence:
"Memory extraction complete. Target civilization designation: CS-0092. Progress: one hundred percent. Next target: Prismglass."
The Prismglass Civilization's chief weaver turned deathly pale. All 69,997 colors in her hands trembled violently at once, like a herd of beasts sensing danger.
"Why Prismglass?" Steel Curtain kept his voice low. "Prismglass isn't a minor civilization. It has 3,600 weavers, over sixty thousand colors, and a complete defense system. Aren't they afraid attacking Prismglass will tip us off?"
Myriad Faces and Forms fell silent for three seconds, then voiced a conclusion that sent a chill down everyone's spine:
"They aren't picking an easy target. The Prismglass Civilization has the most complex Definition System. Prismglass's color system is the closest thing in the Ember Era to the 'essence of definition.' Copying Prismglass's memories is the equivalent of obtaining a master key to understanding the Ember Era's Definition System."
Harmonic Leaping Note whipped her head around toward Lin Ye.
Lin Ye walked back from the direction of CS-0092. The eight billion stars on his cloak twinkled steadily, and his multicolored eyes remained perfectly calm. He seemed to have already reached some sort of