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Chapter 80: Dirge of the Deep
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2025-11-10 23:18:24The world outside the viewport was a nightmare of crushing pressure and absolute blackness. The Gravedigger’s vessel pulled them down, ever downward, into a trench so deep the light of the sun was a forgotten myth. Inside the cockpit, the only light came from the sickly white glow of the stasis field, the frantic red of the emergency alarms, and the steady, defiant gold pulsing from the Cradle Key in Jack’s pocket.
The main screen displayed Marcus’s vital signs, or lack
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