"We were wrong about the core," a voice whispers, distorted by the comms link. "It didn't go dormant. It went quiet ."
The video cuts to black. A single line of text scrolls across the bottom of the frame:
04:12 GMT | Location: Sector 7, Sub-Surface Research Station "Boreas"
"If you're seeing this," the operator says, their voice suddenly steady, "don't come for us. The ATD protocols failed. The Frost isn't coming from the sky. It's coming from inside the walls."
