Chapter 827: Finally, There Is Movement

Fenisi turned around, no longer looking at that patch of snowflakes.

She walked toward her exclusive Control Console, upon which floated the Star Alliance's internal encrypted battle reports regarding the Canaan Star Alliance and the Ash Star Alliance in the Western Theater.

Although the Fengqi Star Alliance was currently in a direct war with both star alliances, the war situation had not expanded; the Silent Valley Star Sector had already reclaimed some mineral resources, and the battle with the Ash Star Alliance was also in a stalemate.

Fenisi rubbed the space between her brows, a sense of suffocation welling up in her heart.

Just at this moment.

"Zzz—vroom!!!"

A short, sharp alarm sound broke the oppressive atmosphere of the Guanceshi!

It was not an alarm from the main system, but from a peripheral secondary detection array responsible for monitoring deep-space energy fluctuations!

The source of the sound was an inconspicuous corner screen surrounded by countless light screens.

That screen had been steadily scrolling a nearly flat green baseline representing cosmic background noise.

But at this moment, on that green baseline, an extremely tiny yet abnormally abrupt peak had appeared.

It flashed and vanished; had it not been for the most precise instruments and the most focused monitoring, it would have been almost impossible to capture!

But its energy fluctuation signature was instantly locked onto, compared, and magnified by the ship's supercomputing core within a ten-thousandth of a second of its appearance!

Hum!

Moruige's massive body stiffened and tensed up abruptly! His huge single eye contracted to its limit.

"Fen... Fenisi-daren!!!"

Fenisi turned around abruptly!

The moment the alarm sounded, her pale green pupils locked onto that corner of the screen emitting the alarm.

When she saw the peak pulse on the screen that had already vanished, leaving only a brief trajectory, and heard Moruige's shout.

Boom!

An invisible electric current instantly pierced through her spine.

Three years of accumulated exhaustion, anxiety, and pressure evaporated within a thousandth of a second.

Replacing them was an excitement capable of igniting the soul and a gambler's fanaticism!

Her figure moved so fast it left an afterimage, and she arrived before Moruige's Control Console in an instant!

"Is it that?!"

Fenisi's voice was kept extremely low, struggling to keep her composure.

"The fluctuation from Xiuluosheng?! Are you sure?!"

"Sure! Absolutely sure!!"

Moruige manipulated the mechanical arm to magnify that tiny signal again and again, while a comparison window popped up on the side—it was precisely the last, most core, obscure energy disturbance waveform captured three years ago before the formation of the Xiuluosheng Black Domain.

The frequency, decay pattern, and energy spectrum characteristics of the two... had a high degree of overlap reaching 99.998%!

"Coordinates! Have the source coordinates been locked?!"

Fenisi stared at the cosmic coordinate point where the fluctuation had just appeared and vanished, saying urgently.

"Locked! Recorded! The distance from the original Xiuluosheng coordinate point is... 1.2 light-years!"

Moruige spoke at a rapid pace, looking at the calculated coordinates.

"Although it was extremely faint and fleeting, this is definitely a homologous disturbance! The Black Domain... it is not absolutely stationary! It has moved, or... it has 'leaked'!"

All the staff in the Guanceshi were stunned by this sudden turn of events, then reacted; the tension suppressed for three years instantly transformed into silent busyness, and the sounds of commands and the humming of the Energy Core accelerating once again filled the space.

Fenisi straightened up abruptly, her chest heaving violently.

She took a deep breath, wanting to inhale all of this long-lost "signal" in the starry sky into her lungs.

Three years of waiting, three years of torment, three years of walking on thin ice... at this moment, all transformed into the burning, almost insane gambler's flame in her eyes.

"Moruige!"

Fenisi's voice regained its usual confidence, piercing through the clamor of the Guanceshi.

"First: Immediately mark the abnormal fluctuation coordinates as 'Weiguang One'! Highest Priority! Mobilize the 'Weiguang' fleet to turn at full speed toward the target coordinates! Activate all active detection equipment, scan at maximum power! Even if you have to plow through that area for me, you must find the source!"

"Second: Activate all deep-space listening arrays, all pointing toward the 'Weiguang One' coordinates! Listen for any ripple of energy, gravitational fluctuation, or spatial distortion for me! Any abnormality, no matter how faint, report it immediately!"

"Third: All systems in the Guanceshi stand by, ready to receive and analyze all data transmitted back by 'Weiguang One'! As for Arena 40... no, stay put for now! Before confirmation, maintain the 'suspense'!"

"Finally... there is movement."

Fenisi muttered to herself.

"Audience, be patient. This intermission... seems to be ending soon. The real show..."

Green light flared intensely in her eyes.

"... might be about to begin!"

Xiuluo Holy Star.

Yingzhou stood on the Bridge of a Sword-class Frigate, watching the operators wearing brand-new Star Alliance naval uniforms move with crisp efficiency, various instruments emitting rhythmic hums.

Three years of time was enough for this long-suffering planet to undergo earth-shaking changes, and enough for a nascent fleet to gain a foothold in the starry sky.

"His Majesty, the patrol of this sector has been completed; no abnormal energy signals or suspicious targets have been discovered."

The captain of this Frigate, a middle-aged officer with a resolute face and sharp eyes, reported respectfully.

Yingzhou nodded slightly, but his gaze did not leave that seemingly calm void.

A subtle, almost imperceptible "sense of loosening" was coming from deep within the planet, or rather, from that layer of powerful Psionic Barrier enveloping the entire Xiuluo Holy Star.

"The barrier... is weakening."

Yingzhou's voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the captain's ears.

The captain's body tensed instantly, a trace of gravity flashing in his eyes.

He understood what this meant—the "eyes" of the Abundant Star Alliance might set their sights on them again at any time.

"Notify the ground Command Center to maintain the highest alert level."

Yingzhou turned around and ordered.

"For all patrol vessels, shorten rotation times by one-third and increase scanning frequency.

Once the Dreadnought-class Light Cruiser Indomitable and the Lunar-class Cruiser Qimingxing finish maintenance, they are to join the outer orbital defense chain immediately."

"Understood, Your Majesty!"

The captain immediately relayed the order.

Yingzhou's gaze turned to the main screen on the Bridge; the image switched, displaying the massive Tianqiong Shipyard Area outside the Ninth Defense Zone.

Gothic-class Torpedo Boats, Cobra-class Destroyers, Sword-class Frigates... these ships, built by the system and crafted with resources provided by Xiuluo Holy Star, guarded the two even larger silhouettes within the central Shipyard.

The Dreadnought-class Light Cruiser Indomitable and the Lunar-class Cruiser Qimingxing.

This fleet is the most important space force accumulated by Xiuluo Holy Star over the past three years, and it is also the first line of defense against external threats.