“Recovery Protocol Δ initiated. Reconstitution of surface drones underway. Estimated time to deployment: 3.4 hours.”
Every morning, he would descend the steel ladder that led to Level 7, where Midv 207 resided in a cavernous chamber lined with mirrored panels. The AI’s core pulsed with a soft, cyan light—like a heartbeat trapped in a block of quartz. midv 207