The Convergence chamber had finally grown quiet.
Hours earlier it had been a storm of activity—streams of warning signals flashing across the crystalline walls, tactical projections flaring and collapsing as the Constellation Network reacted to the Predator's advance. The air itself had seemed to vibrate with tension as thousands of defensive systems came online simultaneously.
Now the chamber was calm.
Soft pulses of light drifted through the curved crystalline walls like distant stars. The data streams that had once rushed through the air had slowed to a gentle flow, forming slow spirals of information that glimmered above the central platform.
Outside the vast panoramic window of the Convergence World, the anomaly field stretched endlessly into darkness.
Stars flickered quietly.
Energy currents moved through the constellation's lattice like calm rivers of light.
The threat had retreated.
But something had changed.
Ethan stood at the center of the chamber.
