The archive wasn't being extracted into his computer. It was being extracted into the room.

Elias looked at the file size in the corner of his screen. He refreshed the folder. 1.2 GB. He blinked, and the number jumped again. 84.0 TB.

"We found the 'Redding' frequency. It isn't a sound. It’s a physical coordinate in the code. If you’re reading this, the compression didn't hold. The file is bigger on the inside."

The last thing Elias saw before the monitor light turned blindingly white was the file name one last time, finally shifting into its true, uncompressed form: The file size now read: ∞