She swiped. A new schematic appeared: not a human city, but a hybrid. Living root structures entwined with carbon-fiber supports. Bioluminescent fungus used for street lighting. Water purification handled by native lichen, which GCI+ had learned to talk to via targeted enzyme signals.
Reyes stepped beside her, jaw tight. “Then what’s your play?” She swiped
Reyes frowned. “You’re talking about biology.” Bioluminescent fungus used for street lighting
Reyes stared at the screen for a long time. Outside, the evacuation shuttles sat silent on the tarmac, their engines cold. “Then what’s your play
“I’m talking about architecture ,” Elara said. Her finger traced the screen. “Those fungal blooms you hate? Their mycelial networks conduct moisture and heat. GCI+ mapped them against our thermal needs. There’s a network 40 meters beneath our feet that could power climate control for half the colony—if we tap it right. The magnetic storms? GCI+ found a correlation with underground quartz veins. We don’t block the storms. We route them, like lightning rods.”