The crystal settled into the slot with a soft click that seemed impossibly loud in the empty broadcasting station. For a moment nothing happened, the equipment remaining inert as if considering whether to accept what had been offered.
Then light erupted.
Boom.
Brilliant radiance exploded from the crystal, flooding the control room with intensity that forced Raze to shield his eyes. The glow spread through the equipment, racing along connections and pathways designed to carry information across vast distances.
The building trembled, a rippling shockwave spreading outward from the broadcasting array. The vibration traveled through stone and metal, propagating with increasing intensity as the system activated fully.
Hum.
The sound started low, barely audible, then grew steadily louder. It wasn't unpleasant exactly, more like reality itself was resonating with whatever force the crystal had unleashed.
