The archaeological site in the Biological Reserve was unlike anything Barry had ever encountered. The ancient alien technology wasn't buried or hidden. It was distributed throughout Earth's geological strata in a way that suggested it had been intentionally seeded throughout the planet. Some structures were located millions of years ago. Some were more recent, dating back only a few thousand years. Miranda Rodriguez led Barry through the excavation site, pointing out features that seemed impossible. There were crystal structures that could process information without being digital or biological. There were energy sources that operated on principles that violated current physics models. There were biological samples preserved in stasis fields that contained organisms that had never existed

