Ryan closed the CommNet window. The digital drama had been entertaining, but it was time to get back to work. He had spent enough time relaxing in his captured treasure room.
He needed to finish this Scramble and claim victory for Outpost #7. He could have stayed put and let his teammates grind out the last 40 or so cores, but that wasn't his style. He preferred to finish things himself, decisively.
He stepped out of the Time-Locked Vault. As he did, the massive stone door slid shut behind him with a deep, groaning sound, and the shimmering Chronal Barrier reappeared, sealing it once more.
The key had worked, but it was a one-time entry pass, at least for now. He was back in the main Labyrinth.
His Neural Symbiote Map, his personal GPS for all things Precursor, immediately highlighted a new point of interest. Not far from the Vault was a structure labeled as a "god Energy Array."
It was a place of immense power, a central hub for the Labyrinth's energy distribution.
