Time Remaining: 32 Days, 02 Hours. (Status: Sector 4 Access Granted. Intermediate Junction.) Location: The Pressure Control Station - Sector 4.
The air in Sector 4 did not just smell of sulfur; it smelled of friction.
They were deep now. The Iron Horse had descended another three miles into the crust of the earth, spiraling down a service ramp that was barely wide enough for the tires. The temperature gauge on the dashboard was pinned in the red. Outside, the air was a shimmering haze of heat, hovering around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
Here, the city of Ferro stopped pretending to be a place for humans. There were no sidewalks. No break rooms. No lights, other than the orange glow of magma vents and the harsh white spark of welding arcs. This was the engine room.
