The victory was hollow. The Dawn's Edge limped, trailing coolant like blood. Wu Gen paced the bridge, his sword sheathed but vibrating with tension.
"Seeker wasn't just hunting," Silas stated, his mechanical eye analyzing debris scans. "It was mapping. Broadcasting our vector, energy signatures… Yu's Catalyst resonance."
[SEEKER DATA CORE SALVAGED (PARTIAL)]
[CONTENT: VOID SEED SIGNATURE PROFILE (LIN MO/YU) | STAR MAP WITH 3 PULSING COORDINATES]
Three locations glowed:
Europa's Deep: Jupiter's frozen moon.
Phobos Anomaly: Mars' scarred moonlet.
The Graveyard: Asteroid belt necropolis of dead ships.
"Other fragments," Wu Gen growled. "Or bait. Tomb-01 knows we need them."
Yu touched Lin Mo's fractured arm. Her fingers glowed faintly, warmth seeping into the bone. [FLESH INTEGRITY: 78%]
"How?" Lin Mo asked, startled.
"I… don't know," Yu whispered. "I just feel… broken things."
[ANALYSIS: CATALYST BIOLOGY EVOLVING - BIOMANTIC HEALING (RUDIMENTARY)]
Silas watched Yu with unnerving focus. "Her connection to the Void Seed is symbiotic. She stabilizes it. It amplifies her."
Wu Gen pointed at the star map. "Europa's closest. Ancient Keeper outpost there. Might have tools against the Tombs. Or more ghosts."
Baylor grunted. "Radiation spikes off the charts. And the ice… it moves."
Lin Mo looked at the Seeker's core fragment in his hand. It pulsed weakly. Hungry. Like the ring. "We go."