Chapter 397: Stationed in the Sea of Tranquility

The massive Yanhuang expedition fleet, like a steel giant beast, traced ripples through dimensional space.

A few months later.

Engine power waned, and the fleet slowly sailed out of the high-dimensional channel.

A brand-new starfield unfolded before everyone's eyes.

This is the "Sea of Tranquility" spoken of by the Poison Flow.

Unlike the clamor and density of other regions in the Laniakea Supercluster, this vast starfield appears unusually empty and tranquil.

The stars are sparsely distributed, separated by vast distances, emitting a soft and ancient light.

But the most striking feature is not these stars.

Rather, it is the thousands of huge crystals floating in the dark void.

These crystals vary in shape—some are rhomboid, others irregular polyhedra.

They are entirely transparent, as if sealing an entire star system within.

Countless brilliant points of light flicker inside, refracting gorgeous, dreamlike colors.

"Is this... a crystal planet?"

On the bridge of the Pioneer, Qian Yin's eyes flashed with uncontainable excitement.

Her fingers flew across the holographic screen, pulling up real-time data from the probes.

"Energy readings... astonishingly high! These planets seem to be condensed matter that fell from a higher dimension, containing energy tens of thousands of times greater than that of an equal-mass star!"

"Each one is a perfect natural energy source!"

The surrounding researchers also exclaimed in amazement.

Such resources are a treasure dreamed of by any civilization.

No wonder the Poison Flow so "generously" recommended this place to them.

However, Qin Hao's expression remained calm.

His gaze did not linger on those beautiful crystal planets but swept across the seemingly tranquil void around them.

"System, scan the surrounding space structure."

【Scanning...】

【Warning: Detected high-intensity spatial structure distortion.】

【Warning: Detected unstable dimensional rifts, quantity:.】

【Warning: Detected activity traces of high-dimensional lifeform "Dimensional Shade".】

A string of red alerts popped up in Qin Hao's consciousness.

He instantly understood the true reason why this "treasure land" had gone unnoticed.

This place lies near a massive natural dimensional rift zone.

The spatial structure is extremely fragile, like an ocean strewn with hidden reefs.

Those so-called crystal planets likely seeped out from these rifts.

And the creature known as the Dimensional Shade poses an even deadlier threat.

They have no physical form, shuttle between dimensions, feed on spatial energy, and can easily tear apart any conventional warship that intrudes their territory.

For civilizations lacking mastery of dimensional technology, this is truly a death zone; but for the Yanhuang Civilization, it is a tailor-made feng shui treasure land.

"Qian Yin." Qin Hao's voice rang out.

"Here!" Qian Yin snapped back to attention from the data.

"Activate the backup plan of the Heavenly Skull Project, using this starfield as the foundation to build our forward base."

Qin Hao's finger traced a huge circle on the star map, encompassing thousands of crystal planets and the dense dimensional rifts within.

"Our new home shall be called—Yanhuang Heavenly Court."

Qian Yin's eyes blazed with fervent light.

"Yes! I guarantee mission completion!"

She immediately turned and began directing the massive engineering fleet.

One after another, engineering ships as large as mountains sailed out of the fleet, their huge mechanical arms unfolding to begin preliminary alterations of the surrounding space.

"Zhou Shaoqing, deploy the fleet into defensive formation and raise the alert level to the highest."

"Yes!"

The order was swiftly carried out.

Six hundred billion warships formed a giant net, tightly guarding the entire construction area.

However, trouble came as soon as construction began.

The nearest dimensional rift, seemingly disturbed by the engineering ships' energy fluctuations, began to expand violently.

An intangible wave.

Like a tsunami, it swept toward the engineering fleet.

Space was twisted, light folded.

An escort ship's shield was instantly torn apart, its hull emitting sounds of being overloaded.

"Alert! Spatial latitude curvature exceeds the safety threshold!"

"Dimensional stability field generator overloaded!"

On the bridge, alarms blared in unison.

At that moment, Qin Hao slowly raised his hand.

"System, using the Heavenly Skull Fortress's Dimensional Stability Tower as a template, replicate ten thousand of them."

【Energy consumption confirmed... beginning replication...】

In the next second, under everyone's gaze, an incredible scene occurred.

In front of Qin Hao, space fluctuated slightly.

Giant metal towers tens of thousands of kilometers tall appeared out of nowhere.

They were silvery white all over, their surfaces etched with complex and profound energy lines, exuding a majestic aura that suppressed everything.

Ten thousand!

Exactly ten thousand dimensional stabilization towers hovered silently in the void.

"Go."

Qin Hao flicked his finger.

The ten thousand stabilization towers instantly turned into streams of light, precisely shooting at those restless dimensional rifts.

Hum——

When the stabilization towers reached their designated positions, all tower bodies lit up simultaneously.

Golden energy ripples spread outward in all directions, centered on the stabilization towers.

Wherever the ripples passed, the violent spatial turbulence was instantly smoothed.

Distorted light became straight again.

The expanding dimensional rift was forcibly contracted, eventually becoming an imperceptible point of light and disappearing completely.

In just a few seconds, the entire star field,

changed from a raging sea of wind and waves to a calm lake surface.

All alarm sounds ceased abruptly.

On the bridge, a pin drop could be heard.

Everyone stared in shock at the scene, at the figure standing at the center of the bridge, like a deity.

Meanwhile, inside a poison liquid civilization scout ship disguised as an asteroid, hundreds of thousands of light-years away.

The observer in charge of monitoring had turned from gray to a glaring white, representing extreme shock.

It watched the image transmitted back on the holographic screen, its mental fluctuations violent to the point of near collapse.

"Empty-handed creation... suppressing dimensions... this... cannot be something a level-six civilization could do!"

"We must... must immediately report this information to the homeworld!"

Qin Hao casually glanced toward the direction of the scout ship, then ignored it.

Qin Hao knew the Poison Flow had sent people to follow, but that didn't matter.

He just wanted the other side to see, to see the strength of the Yanhuang Civilization, to see his methods.

This was a silent deterrence.

"Construction continues."

Qin Hao's calm voice woke everyone from their shock.

With the deployment of the dimensional stabilization towers, the core region of the Silent Sea became a safe haven.

The grand plan for the Yanhuang Heavenly Court officially kicked off.

Untold numbers of engineering robots.

Shuttling among the stars.

One magnificent building after another began to rise from this perilous land.

However, Qin Hao knew the real trouble had just begun.

The Laya Council would not allow such a powerful outsider to take root unharmed on their turf.

As expected, only half a month later.

In the distant star field, energy reactions from a massive fleet's jump were detected.

A huge fleet was advancing menacingly toward the Silent Sea.