Alex stood silently in front of the massive ruin gate.
His eyes were fixed on the enormous door before him.
The ruin gate towered nearly forty meters high, embedded directly into the rocky cliff face. The material was unlike any metal Alex had seen before. Its surface was a smooth dark alloy that reflected faint silver lines under the dim light of the underground chamber. Thousands of microscopic patterns covered the entire structure, forming intricate circuits that seemed both mechanical and organic.
The moment Alex focused on them carefully, he realized something unusual.
The patterns were moving.
Extremely slowly, the thin silver lines shifted across the surface like flowing rivers of light, constantly rearranging themselves into new geometric formations.
"This is definitely not something built by humans," Alex muttered quietly.
He stepped closer.
The moment he came within ten meters of the door, the surface suddenly emitted a faint humming sound.
