Chapter 103: Technology

[ Access granted. The chamber is open. ]

Whoosh~

With a hiss of depressurizing seals, the door swung wide, revealing the heart of the laboratory's secrets. Inside, amidst a nest of wires and pulsing lights, lay the ultimate prize: a device of unknown origin, its purpose obscured by the dust of neglect.

"Cloud… Can you scan it or something?" Shane muttered as he didn't immediately approach the unknown device.

Before him stood a device, its design both alien and familiar, and seemed to be a masterpiece of pre-apocalypse technology.

[ Yes… ] Cloud replied.

Then, the A.I.'s sensors bathed the device in a soft blue light, meticulously analyzing its structure and composition.

[ Initiating scan... Analyzing material composition and energy patterns. ]