As the news of the predator's return and the chilling discovery of the void spread across the Unified Network, Alex felt a familiar knot of unease tighten in his stomach. He wasn't an explorer, not in the traditional sense. Alex was a researcher, a delver into the vast archives of the Bridge of Echoes, piecing together the history of the tapestry and the explorers' countless journeys.
But the predator's threat transcended the boundaries between explorer and researcher. The potential for oblivion threatened the very foundation of his work, the tapestry itself. And so, Alex decided to do what he did best – delve into the archives, searching for any scrap of information that might be useful in the fight against this new enemy.