Timeline: TC1853.04.02 (One week after operations began)
Location: Seven Peaks Territory, Eastern Valley
The breakthrough came on day seven, and it came from the most unlikely collaboration.
Raven stood in the Technomagic Hall's construction site, watching Mei—twelve-year-old prodigy—explain oscillation theory to Marcus while Lin Yue sketched alchemical stabilization formulas and Silas mapped formation buffers that would prevent feedback loops between magical and technological systems.
Four disciples from four different halls, working on a single project that none of them could complete alone.
"The problem," Mei said with gap-toothed grin that made her look even younger than twelve, "is that spiritual essence and electrical current oscillate at different frequencies. When you try to switch between them, the transition creates a resonance cascade that amplifies until something breaks."
