They began to cautiously observe their surroundings, trying to find the source of the memory plague.
As the exploration deepened, they gradually discovered that these hallucinations weren't conjured out of thin air, but were triggered by fragments of memory from the devoured civilizations.
These fragments harbored intense emotions and will, spreading through beings via eye contact, gradually eroding their thoughts and consciousness.
Reina knew well that to quell this memory plague, they must find the source of those memory fragments and completely destroy them.
However, this was no easy task.
The memory fragments seemed to possess a life of their own, continually shifting positions and shapes, making it difficult for the expedition team to track them.
In one fierce encounter, Reina accidentally discovered that the Spirit of the Code—an intelligent entity born from ancient codes—could actually devour these memory data.
