Finland

"There's a signal." Harry opened his eyes. "It's very weak, but it's definitely there. The frequency is extremely low, as if it's in some kind of dormant state. There are no active pulses or sustained steady signals, just extremely slow, almost intermittent weak vibrations."

"Dormant state?" Isabelle asked.

"It seems to have been affected by changes in the ley lines after being locked by the Main System, but not enough to trigger full activation. Given more time, as the Main Ritual Site and the hub structure grow more deeply interconnected, it may gradually awaken."

Cassandra stood nearby and flipped the Nordic Ley Line Treatise to the relevant chapter.

"The book says that Secondary Ritual Sites are usually activated later than Main Ritual Sites because their activation threshold is higher. They need a more stable ley line environment to start up. If the Main Ritual Site has only just entered a steady state, the Secondary Ritual Site may need several weeks or even months before entering its activation phase."

"Then we don't need to do anything for now." Harry stood up and patted the mud from his hands. "It's enough to confirm that it's dormant. We'll deal with it when the Technical Group's monitoring data shows further changes."

They walked once around the sunken area. Cassandra crouched at its edge for a while, examining the exposed rocks on the ground, then reached out and touched the texture of the rock surface.

"The orientation of these rocks is different from those near the Main Ritual Site." She straightened and spoke to Harry. "The rocks around the Main Ritual Site have horizontal strata, while these are slanted at an angle of roughly forty-five degrees. It looks as if they were pushed upward from below by some kind of force."

"Is it related to