"What on earth is going on here? Why have so many of our plants been ravaged like this over the past few days?" Malcolm asked, his eyes scanning the devastated landscape of what once was a thriving garden, now looking as though it had been attacked by a plague of insects.

I shook my head, equally perplexed. "I have no idea. I was just in the lab, and the plants were fine. Now, they're like this - it's as if they've been eaten by some kind of pest."

Malcolm turned to Lira, who was studying the footprints and data on her tablet. "Lira, what have you found out about these...