The primary structural pin dislodged from its housing before Hajin could reach the lower landing of the western gallery.
Three additional support rods sheared across the central aisle, accompanied by four subterranean detonations from the undercroft below.
Preservation lamps flickered violently as clouds of mortar dust billowed through the aisles, obscuring the high vaulted ceiling.
The ancient palace engineers distributed the tremendous weight of the upper galleries across both physical lintels and arcane ward anchors.
The eight surviving surveyors withdrew toward their original alcoves, clutching the extracted support pins like trophies.
Their collective withdrawal severed the final balance point of the western gallery, triggering a catastrophic structural failure across the ceiling.
Ceiling slabs, cracked transverse beams, and towering bookshelves plunged downward toward Didi and the restricted catalog bay.
