A rumor spread throughout the worlds that one of the dead planets, on which none of the plunderers managed to profit, is active. A cardinal serving in the citadel, in the guise of a vagabond, found out valuable information about the coordinates of the planet. The source of the signals was identified - an ancient portal. The portal was composed of a system of blocks that swayed for millennia, finally counted the required number of cycles and the portal opened. The Technomage with his students set out to explore the dead world. Among the ruins, remains of bugs and other equipment, they found a resident of this world, an ancient technomage, whose will to live, as well as magic and technology, made it possible to exist even while dead.