The storage core inlaid with numerous crystals and high-purity gemstones was removed, and the "Explorer" golem awoke from maintenance mode. The round Mechanical Device moved its long segmented limbs, circling the group before stopping in front of Camil. Its optical probe swayed back and forth above its body, seeming to watch the storage core that had just been taken from its own interior with a hint of curiosity.
Camil checked the core's operational state. Once he confirmed it could be read directly, he began infusing magical power into it. With a faint humming sound, complex magical patterns rapidly surfaced across the palm-sized cube. Then, under Camil's deliberate control, a vast amount of visual material and data was released, forming a series of rapidly refreshing Holographic Projections in midair.
"Our time is limited. We can set aside the environmental monitoring data for now and let the technical specialists analyze it after we return," Gawain said. "First, let's look at the footage left by the Explorer, mainly the interior of the ship. We need to find a route."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Camil nodded slightly. Some of the images in the Holographic Projections promptly shifted. Vast quantities of dizzying data and filtered imaging displays were shut down, while the footage the Explorer had recorded with its Recording Crystal was enlarged before them. "I have located the recording from after the Explorer entered the ship—from here onward, we can see it moving through a corridor..."
In the Holographic Projection, a first-person view lower than an ordinary human's height advanced forward. Long mechanical limbs could be seen moving rhythmically at the edges of the image. Ahead lay a broad, deep corridor. In the empty scene, the Explorer's moving limbs were the only things in motion, and beyond the image, the only sounds were the faint