The Babel Matrix

The alien artefact was seventy thousand years old and had been found and then hidden by someone for over a century.

Neil, an adept scientist, was sorting through a crate of electrical equipment he had purchased at an auction when he discovered a weathered rosewood box. Inside was a primitive circuit that contained a strange crystal orb. Intrigued, he connected a power supply and a laptop to activate and test the circuit. Initially, only white noise and occasional bursts of static came from the laptop speaker. However, when his wife touched the crystal, she heard a voice in her mind asking for help.

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