Chapter 74 A Race Against Time

Days bled into nights within the desolate wasteland. Cyrus, fueled by a relentless determination and the ever-present glow of the Aethel amplifier, became a tireless student of the past. He devoured the data extracted from the Legacy Project, his mind grappling with complex schematics and ancient Aethel scripts. Sleep was a luxury he couldn't afford. Every passing hour brought them closer to the unknown, the consequences of inaction weighing heavily on him. The tremors in the city, once faint, had grown more frequent, a constant reminder of the instability brewing beneath the surface. The failsafe system he had identified offered a glimmer of hope. It was a complex network of protocols designed to automatically shut down the Legacy Project in case of an overload. However, deciphering its activation sequence was a puzzle of monumental proportions. The ancient language, coupled with fragmented data streams, made progress frustratingly slow. Frustration gnawed at him, but Cyrus refused