The High-Dimensional Crystals brought back from the Interstellar Guardians had been fully analyzed. They clearly pointed to a route leading to a set of space-time coordinates in the Galactic Core.
Through the power of Caedhes's Relic, the Wedge, the Empire could open a wormhole between the Cybrex Alpha System and the Azilash system in the Galactic Core.
While the Empire's fleets fought bitterly against the Calamity, Construction Ships in the space near the Ring World were building the Wedge's supporting facilities-an energy amplification and spatial collapse device used to open the wormhole.
However, it seemed that certain entities were very unwilling to see Xi Yan open this wormhole.
Throughout construction, Xi Yan had to station fleets there to provide constant protection. He could feel a gaze filled with malice coming from the Shroud.
The Shroud could not stand by and let him open a wormhole to the Galactic Core. When Xi Yan returned to the Ring World with the crystals, large numbers of Shroud creatures forcibly tore through the barrier between the Shroud and reality to attack him.
As construction of the wormhole generator progressed, the disturbances in the Shroud grew increasingly violent. Eventually, powerful energy beings broke through the barrier of reality and descended upon the Ring World.
Several [Shroud Manifestations], along with large numbers of [Psionics Entities].
They tore through the barrier and forced their way into the physical universe, then launched frenzied attacks on the Construction Ships, trying to halt work on the wormhole generator.
"Get lost!"
Xi Yan rose from the Golden Throne and delivered a resounding psionic slap, channeling the psionics power of the entire Empire. Its terrifying psionic might and the power that struck fear into these uncanny beings inflicted devastating damage on the Shroud creatures in a single blow.
The fleets swarmed forward,