If we dug into DNA or biological specifics, the truth might be more complicated—but seeing them together now, the word family felt strangely fitting.
All that was left was to escape.
The end of this long ordeal was finally in sight.
"Let's go," I said.
"Wait a moment."
I thought they'd had enough time to reunite, but Beta pointed toward a corner of the room.
"I've already prepared everything. We can escape through the teleporter over there."
…Teleporter?
My eyes widened involuntarily.
There was a teleportation device hidden here?
Just how advanced was technology a hundred years ago?
"It's a one-time-use emergency escape device," Beta explained. "But it should still activate."
Chimeras—artificial lifeforms impossibly advanced even today—
and now a functioning teleporter buried underground.
Even if it was disposable, it made the world from a century ago seem almost futuristic compared to now.
