The Hidden Laboratory was deep beneath the university ruins. It was much different from the messy magic on the surface. Vahn Ryker and Aria walked through the heavy blast doors. Inside, the facility was made of clean white metal and floating screens. The air was cold and sterile. It felt like a place where a powerful civilization looked at planets like they were just numbers in a computer.
"This does not look like the Spire," Aria whispered. Her voice echoed in the big room. She stayed very close to Vahn. Her green eyes watched the binary code falling down the walls like a digital waterfall. "It is too clean. It looks like it was engineered by something else."
"The Spire was just a simulation to get humans ready," Vahn said. His purple eyes looked around the room. He used his Chronos-Sight to see the hidden files and codes of the building. "This is the real heart of the Galactic Arena. This is the root directory of the Alien AI."
