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They said that they will put him in the box again, if he isn't able to do what they want him to. Being in the box makes him feel terrible. You can't move, and it feels really bad when he can't move.
He chooses not to say anything when he sees the technician incorrectly set the wards surrounding the testing chamber.
The proctor says it's time to test Firecalling. A full force test. He doesn't see who it is – he just hears the voice. He complies, and puts out as much Fire as he can. His fire is black, rimmed and flecked with red.
An alarm sounds. The proctor says to stop.
He does not stop.
The proctor says to stop, now more urgently.
He does not stop.
The proctor says that if he doesn't stop, they'll bring out the ball.
He does not stop. And now, he uses his Metallurgy and and Windkeeping too.
The proctor stops, because the testing chamber has exploded. In fact, the whole of Alphazon's base on Mars has exploded.
He realizes what's happening and creates a bubble of air around him, even though he doesn't need air. Not anymore.
Is there anything left of the base? Is there anyone left?
In that case, he will wait until at least one indicator light is flashing continuously.
He doesn't actually know how long that will take. And he cannot just hook up his plutonium battery to the MacBook because the specifications specify the current required. He will make a floating camera and point it towards the indicator, having it send an alarm to it once the light is continuous, and then he will go wander the library.
Some shelves were obviously irrelevant to programming the last time he had a look, but might be of interest this time, like Fiction, Poetry, Art Books, and Greek for Beginners. Periodicals seems to even have a different physical format of book.
It isn't all books, though. The library has a stepladder, in case CoNRAD wants to hit his head against the ceiling, chairs (maybe one of which could fit him), and tables, some with writing materials or privacy barriers and one with a vase of cut flowers in water. He might not recognize the purpose of a wheel for rotating between little shelves which maintain a constant angle. He also might or might not recognize the pair of spheres with graticules in stands for easy rotation, one with a grey surface showing craters, another mostly blue with areas of brown and green and white.