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They waited in the reception hall of the Confederation Headquarters. Veratia looked slightly paler than when she had left, as though the journey had drained more energy than expected, but when she saw Harry enter, she raised a hand.

"The situation at the Iceland site is similar to Norway's. There's a similar Stone Platform, though slightly larger. We found no signs of human interference nearby. The place has been preserved well. But one thing is worth noting: the structure in Iceland is covered by volcanic rock, which may have blocked part of the signal. That may also be why it has been preserved better."

"Besides the Stone Platform, the Norway site also had several stone slab bases," Harry said. "They were neatly arranged, as if they had once supported some temporary structure. Paloma Observatory may have set up equipment there."

That night, the Confederation Technical Group analyzed the data from the set of stone slab bases in Norway. The results showed that the residual dust on the bases matched the material composition used in Paloma Observatory equipment.

Those stone slab bases were indeed connected to Paloma Observatory, proving that they had visited the site at least once. However, they may only have placed equipment there for preliminary measurements and made no substantial alterations to the structure.

Hermione stood by the window, holding the Notebook. "If they've already begun field investigations at the first site, they may be closer to the activation stage than we expected."

"The client may already have received Paloma Observatory's preliminary report," Veratia said. "That's why they moved on to the other sites."

Over the next several days, the Confederation Technical Group continued analyzing Paloma Observatory's data while monitoring the condition of all seven sites. For the time being, they found no abnormalities and no signs