Marcus measures the impossible: the ceiling drops each day. When the strongest Signal surge floods the Terminal Room on Day Twenty-Three, the sealed consoles erupt with text and the observers realize the truth no one wanted to face. The Core isn't failing. It's closing in, and the Signal is counting down.

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