"The working is now—" Satou said.
"Stable," Chronus said. "The eighty-three percent completion rate was the completion rate of the spatial boundary. The eighth anchor's function is independent of the boundary completion percentage." He looked at Satou. "At this point, disrupting the anchor ring won't stop the working. And destroying the central mechanism—" He paused. "—won't stop it either. The eighth anchor's stability function is self-sustaining. It will continue operating and the working will continue building toward completion regardless of what happens to the visible architecture."
The sound of screaming continued from the eighty thousand suspended people.
