The structure loomed before them like a tomb built for gods who had long since abandoned humanity. A half-buried building of steel and stone, its walls strangled by roots and moss, its shattered windows dark as blind eyes. A rusted sign leaned against the entrance, its letters nearly lost to time, but the faint engraving could still be read beneath the grime.
[DIVISION BIOGENETICS.]
Ash let out a low whistle, his voice breaking the suffocating silence. "So this is the heart of it."
Ahce stepped forward, her gloved hand brushing away years of dirt from the metal surface. The letters shimmered faintly beneath the beam of her flashlight.
"The origin of Project Tainted Blood," she said, her tone flat but her pulse quickening.
