Safe zones appeared across the network as clearly marked circles, each one carrying a small set of information beside it.
Capacity. Barrier strength. Current student count. Nearby threats.
Emergency extraction points showed as separate symbols, placed close enough to reach students across the outer ring without being directly visible from most locations.
The creature moved through the information slowly.
Terrain maps showed ridges, ruins, streams, lakes, cliffs, and the areas where the university had confirmed unstable ground.
Beast paths appeared as moving lines that changed as creatures crossed between territories.
Mana veins ran beneath everything, some weak enough to ignore and others bright enough to affect the terrain around them. Where several veins crossed, warning markers appeared.
The creature had seen pieces of this information before, but only as disconnected symbols. Now it was beginning to understand what they meant.
A student group moved toward a ridge.
