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ALARM: PERIMETER BREACH // ZONE OF DEATH // SECTOR 7-G

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"They're not just drilling. They're poisoning the frequency."

I can hear it through the floor of the Nomad. It’s a sound like grinding teeth, but a thousand times louder. The Lithic Society isn't using dynamite; they've deployed a Bore-Slug. It’s a high-frequency vibration rig that shatters quartz on a molecular level.

TACTICAL THREAT: THE BORE-SLUG

Description: Hybrid industrial drill modified with a 'Hate-Tuner.'
Objective: To execute a Class III Sentinel.
Result: If the Sentinel dies, the "Quiet" collapses. The sympathetic pressure will vent through the nearest fissure, vaporizing everything within a 10-mile radius.

I looked at the Keely Fork in my hand. For 140 years, we’ve used these to soothe the Meadow. Now, I have to use it as a scalpel. If I don't reach the Sentinel before the Slug shatters its core, the 'Great Thaw' won't be a legend—it'll be the morning news.

"Kelsey," Powell’s ghost seemed to whisper in the hum. "The earth remembers the first time they tried to cut her. She won't forgive a second."

I’m heading into the vent now. The Mark on my palm is no longer just glowing; it's bleeding a violet ichor that smells like ozone and ancient rain. I am the only thing the Meadow still trusts.

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