[Odyssey Station to Command: File corrupted? Or incomplete? Advise immediate deep-core drilling at coordinates 24.5°N, 45.2°W. Do not wake the sleepers. Do not wake the sleepers. Do not—]
The screen flickered. A single line of text appeared beneath the map, translated by the Theseus-7 's AI from a language that predated hydrogen: atlantis scan upload 1.11
Eleven circles arranged in a spiraling chain. The first ten were dark. The eleventh—the one in the center—was lit with a soft, pulsing blue. The same blue as the Earth’s deep oceans. [Odyssey Station to Command: File corrupted
It was a map.
The wall was not a wall. It was a storage medium. A single, planet-sized hard drive. atlantis scan upload 1.11
The obsidian wall shimmered.
Benji turned his screen. The header read: