The dark underground isolation chamber. The director of the research institute stood alone, gazing up at the enormous dome that filled the ceiling.

Under the fluorescent lights, his shadow stretched long across the floor, and the air was thick with a heavy silence.

"Eventually, even the senior researcher who stuck with me to the end... died."

His voice carried an unexpected loneliness.

The director felt a sudden discomfort with his own emotions.

The sacrifices made in the dome research process were to be expected, and perhaps it should have been seen as a glorious act.

But why?

Before the dome …