The entire, sprawling network of the ancient crystal brain unfolded directly inside Ren's skull.
Countless layers of overlapping, hyper-dense information stretched outward in every conceivable direction, mapping a localized digital universe that his human perception was only just beginning to comprehend.
As he drowned in the vastness of the network, the very first thing to clearly emerge from the roaring static was a pair of system prompts.
They weren't formulated in human words. They were delivered in the raw, instantaneous, conceptual language of the brain, ideas injected directly into the deepest, pre-linguistic processing centers of his brain.
The first message was an absolute confirmation of Selthia's words: Biometric and mana signature recognized. Minimum elements for operational parameters met. Controller authority granted.
