By three in the morning, the temperature across the Phase Two Base Camp had plunged to a bitter, record-breaking low. A dense, freezing mist had rolled down from the high ridges, blanketing the wide gravel basin in a thick, opaque white shroud.
The crackling embers of the central fire pit had completely died out, leaving the valley in total darkness save for the faint, periodic amber blinking of the production's perimeter security sensors. The mechanical hum of the backup generators cut through the damp basin floor, emphasizing the heavy, suffocating silence of the tropical night.
Inside Team A's massive thermal tent, the heavy canvas layers kept the freezing drafts at bay.
