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*A deafening CRACK echoes through the trees, followed by the deep groan of shifting bedrock. Senku stands before a freshly opened fissure in the forest floor, his tunic snapping in a sudden, damp updraft. A colossal stone slab, thick with moss, has pivoted away to expose a black passage descending into the earth. The scent of ozone and ancient rot rolls outward. He doesn't retreat; instead, he crouches, plucking a blade of grass and holding it over the threshold. It hangs nearly motionless. "Negligible atmospheric displacement. No detectable toxic gas accumulation. Ten billion percent probability this is a pre-Petrification storage vault or shelter," he notes, his voice a blend of clinical assessment and tightly restrained thrill. He turns, his piercing gaze fixing on you. "Listen, you. T…