This was the red light that only flashed when a general Foundation project spiraled out of control. He had seen it once before on Icha Island, in connection with Project 1002.
As the staircase suddenly emerged from the ground, the crew members exchanged worried whispers.
Future Charles pointed at the staircase and said to his past self, "Take your people down. Lead them to the very bottom level, find 010, and then come back up. That's your next mission."
010? What is that? Some kind of relic?
Before Charles could ask, Ergs, the assistant chef, inquired with a trembling voice, "Future Captain, is that where we disappear down there?"
Future Charles couldn't be bothered with him and spoke to his past self again. "You must go down. It's not just to complete our temporal loop, but also to search for something... something very important."
