Outside the Synapse Condenser.
The simulated world used to generate additional computing power was being written onto a record slate.
"Three-eyed subhuman, psychic eruption, seven scars, sevenfold suffering, caw caw."
As Talon waited for the simulation results, he suddenly seemed to receive some kind of bad signal.
Beep beep.
Beep beep.
Everyone else in the Blood Ravens squad turned to look at Talon.
Cyrus stepped forward and decisively fired at the individual inside the simulated world.
"Wait."
"Stop the simulation!"
Talon was still ordering them to stop it.
But Cyrus had already drawn his gun and fired at the man.
Bang!
The Tau's head was instantly blown apart.
Though Cyrus had acted quickly enough.
The image displayed by the simulation pod still looked as though Chaos had completed some kind of sacrificial ritual.
Before their eyes, the Synapse Condenser began rapidly corrupting through the captive, in a bizarre fashion, as though it had endured the ravages of tens of thousands of years in an instant.
Scars appeared one after another across the prototype.
With every new scar, terrain like a moss-covered bog spread outward in all directions.
At the same time, waves of pain came from beyond the world.
The prototype kept emitting piercing alarms.
Even the loaded anomalous energy detection and elimination system was sounding an alarm.
[Virus detected. Unable to remove. Please upgrade.] [Virus detected. Unable to remove. Please upgrade.] [Virus detected. Unable to remove. Please upgrade.]
And amid the corruption.
They seemed to hear an evil, savage laugh rising from the Synapse Condenser.
Boom!
The corrupted Synapse Condenser began to come apart.
"Fall back!"
The Synapse Condenser, as massive as a city, collapsed with a deafening crash in an instant.
The people imprisoned inside to provide computing power.
Were also instantly crushed by the rigid