Fiona stared at the strange cube through the eyes of the rat.
She had finally found it.
After exploring countless laboratories, storage rooms, maintenance passages, and abandoned chambers, she had finally discovered the system at the center of the First Citadel. However, the moment she examined the cube more carefully, she realized that something was wrong.
The blue lines running across its surface were flickering irregularly. Some sections had already gone completely dark, while others continued pulsing with a weak light. Every few seconds, the energy flowing through the cube would suddenly weaken before surging again.
It was barely functioning.
"You're damaged..."
Fiona immediately ordered more rats into the chamber. They crawled around the cube, inspecting it from different angles while others squeezed beneath the surrounding machinery.
She wanted to understand how the system worked before touching anything.
