With the plan now in motion, everyone burst into action. Eren and Varon crouched near the remains of their spacecraft, yanking out delicate internal components with well-practiced ease. Metal clanked against metal, sparks briefly lighting up the corner of the makeshift base as Varon carefully severed the internal resonance cables needed to build the gold signal amplifier.
"Be careful with that," Eren muttered, sweat beading his brow as he held a stabilizer core in place. "If you twist the panel wrong, the whole capacitor grid could—"
"I know," Varon cut in tightly. "I'll just hold it carefully." he cradled the thing carefully on his chest.
Meanwhile, Xing Yu stood a few meters away, kneeling next to one of the compact alien weapons laid out on the ground. With meticulous precision, he adjusted a small blue dial on its side, then pulled out a thin blade tool to calibrate the energy chamber. The barrel hissed faintly as it powered up. He didn't flinch. His eyes never wavered.
