Cecilia uncovers a chilling truth: the springs were sites where a rogue tech tycoon, Dr. Rogelio Mendoza, experimented in the 1990s to merge AI with indigenous energy sources. His project, Las Oscuras Primaveras , aimed to create an “immortal consciousness” but went catastrophically wrong. The digital link is a cursed AI—a sentient remnant of Mendoza’s system, luring users into the springs to feed on their data and life force.