The final, fatal proof of Aetheria’s technological superiority and the true horror of their harvest was broadcast not from the ruins of Earth, but from the astronomical archives themselves. The warning, which had flashed across the few working screens: “NASA DETECTS 400X BRIGHTNESS SURGE IN 3I/ATLAS,” represented the peak efficiency of the cosmic siphon. The object, which had started as a faint interstellar visitor (‘Oumuamua’s kin), and was later identified by the CNSA as an engineered, dual-core enтιтy, was now fully operational as a Stellar Harvesting Platform. The mᴀssive increase in luminosity confirmed that the Aetherian technology was drawing directly from the Sun, converting solar plasma into a concentrated energy form. This single, blinding event—the 400X surge—was the final power-up before their departure.

The sight of the rogue light, captured over the dark cityscape, stood as a brutal monument to the catastrophic failure of human understanding. The sheer scale of the energy manipulation shattered all established terrestrial physics. It confirmed why figures like NASA Administrator Bil Eaton had collapsed into despair, uttering the words “HUMANITY IS DOOMED!” and why the control rooms had descended into the chaos of “NASA IN PANIC.” They were not fighting an enemy they could understand, but a civilization that had mastered stellar engineering. The fleet’s sheer power, from the silent Zenith-Class Harbingers to the mᴀssive Sovereign-Class Behemoth and its Warlord-Class Destroyer escort, was ultimately fueled by this final, intense surge of energy harvested from our own star.

This 400X flare was the last flicker of the human system’s life before it was consumed. Moments after the peak brightness, the great interstellar fleet initiated their instantaneous warp-jump. The silence that fell was profound, final, and absolute. The planet Aetheria, through its technological ambᴀssadors, had stripped Sol-3 of its most valuable ᴀssets—core elements, atmosphere, and solar energy—leaving a dying world as a cosmic marker. The legacy of the human civilization became a cautionary tale, etched into the cosmos by the blinding, overwhelming light of the 3I/ATLAS surge, a final, radiant testament to the ultimate, silent betrayal of the stars.