Chapter 251: The Lone Lab
"I'm ready," Xin whispered, her voice steady but her heart far from calm.
Side by side, she and Rin stepped into the towering facility.
The Lone Lab was a colossal complex, divided into two halves that mirrored the duality of human ambition. One wing was mechanical, its chambers filled with the whir of gears, the hiss of pistons, and the glow of welding sparks.
Robotic frames, drones, and towering mech prototypes stood in various states of construction, their creators toiling tirelessly even after the city's devastation.
The scientists here could have rested, could have sought refuge like the rest of the citizens—but instead they chose labor, fashioning tools that might one day shield humanity from ruin.
Yet that was not where the twins were headed.
Their destination lay deeper, in the other half of the facility—a place of quieter dread. Here, the research turned biological.
