The jungle clearing was still tense.
Pablo Escobar's men stood in a wide circle around Albert's team, rifles still ready.
The ground had stopped trembling, but the strange vibration beneath the ruins had clearly shaken everyone.
Albert slowly stepped forward again.
"Escobar."
The narco leader looked at him sharply.
"¿Qué quieres ahora?"
(What do you want now?)
Albert raised both hands calmly.
"Let's talk."
Escobar laughed softly.
"Hablar… después de que uno de tus hombres mató a uno de los míos."
(Talk… after your man killed one of mine.)
Albert shrugged slightly.
"Business is business."
Escobar's eyes narrowed.
"¿Qué tipo de negocio?"
(What kind of business?)
Albert spoke slowly.
"Three hundred million dollars."
The jungle went silent.
Escobar stared at him.
Albert continued in Spanish.
"Tres cientos millones de dólares. Pago inmediato."
(Three hundred million dollars. Immediate payment.)
Several narcos looked at each other in shock.
Escobar stepped closer.
"¿Por qué pagarías tanto dinero?"
(Why would you pay that much money?)
Albert pointed toward the ruins.
"Because I need that place."
"Just for a few days."
He spoke calmly.
"Three or four days."
Escobar's expression remained unreadable.
Albert continued.
"Durante ese tiempo, todas las leyes aquí… serán tuyas."
(During that time, all authority here remains yours.)
"Your men stay."
"Your rules stay."
He paused slightly.
"But no one interrupts my work."
Escobar folded his arms.
"¿Y los trescientos millones?"
Albert nodded.
"Token payment."
"After the work is finished…"
He smiled slightly.
"Another five hundred million."
Even the narcos looked stunned now.
Escobar stared at Albert for a long moment.
Then he glanced at Mateo.
Albert added one more thing.
"Y para nuestro amigo aquí… veinte millones."
(And for our friend here… twenty million.)
Mateo nearly choked.
Escobar laughed quietly.
"Interesante…"
(Interesting…)
He looked back at Albert.
"¿Y qué estás buscando exactamente aquí?"
(And what exactly are you looking for here?)
Albert's expression didn't change.
"Nothing important."
He shrugged.
"Just personal research."
Escobar watched him carefully.
The jungle was silent again.
Then finally—
Escobar nodded slowly.
"Está bien."
(Alright.)
"Tenemos un trato."
(We have a deal.)
Albert extended his hand.
Escobar shook it.
"Tres días."
(Three days.)
Albert smiled.
"Three days."
Escobar turned to his men.
"Bajen las armas."
(Lower your weapons.)
The narcos relaxed slightly.
Escobar stepped back toward his vehicle.
"Si rompes el trato…"
(If you break the deal…)
He tapped the side of his head again.
"Ya sabes."
(You know what happens.)
Albert nodded calmly.
"Of course."
Escobar entered the vehicle.
Within seconds, the convoy disappeared back into the jungle.
Albert turned toward the ruins.
"Alright."
He looked at Arun and Mark.
"Let's see what Li Wen discovered."
Deep beneath the ancient structure—
Li Wen stood frozen in front of a massive underground chamber.
Because the ancient mechanism she had activated had revealed something enormous.
Something buried beneath the jungle for thousands of years.
And the massive stone door in front of her…
had just begun opening on its own.