Rian and Salsa cautiously stepped into the gaping hole in the ruins' floor. The green light emanating from the alien artifact Salsa held illuminated their path, revealing a winding, damp stone corridor. The air within the hole felt warm, a stark contrast to the bone-chilling cold of the surface. Rian felt a strange sense of déjà vu as they ventured deeper.
"This place... feels familiar," Rian murmured, his eyes scanning the rough walls of the corridor.Salsa nodded in agreement, "I feel it too. It's like...""The entrance to Agartha," Rian finished her sentence, his eyes widening in surprise.The corridor indeed bore a striking resemblance to the entrance to their underground city. The same stone walls, the same dampness, even the same musty smell. However, there was something different. This corridor felt older, more ancient, as if it had existed for centuries.As they continued walking, the corridor began to widen, opening into a large chamber illuminated by a brighter green light. In the middle of the chamber, there was a large, circular structure made of an unfamiliar metal. On it, there were symbols identical to the ones they had seen on the alien artifact."What is this?" Salsa asked, her voice trembling with awe.Rian approached the structure cautiously, his hand touching the cold metal surface. "I don't know," he replied, "but I'm sure this is the key to activating the alien technology we're looking for."Salsa nodded, her eyes fixated on the alien symbols on the structure. "Maybe it's some kind of control panel," she said. "If we can figure out how to use it, we might be able to end the Ice Age."Rian smiled faintly, "Maybe this is indeed our destiny, Salsa. Maybe we were destined to find this place and end the world's suffering."They began to examine the structure carefully, searching for clues on how to operate it. Suddenly, the green light in the chamber started flickering, and a low rumble echoed from the depths of the corridor.Rian and Salsa looked at each other, their hearts pounding. They knew they had awakened something, something that had been dormant for centuries. And they knew their lives were about to change forever.