Rex’s helicopter tore through the final stretch of sky toward the university library. Below, the massive stone structure looked silent and ancient, the perfect disguise for a global crisis. Ghost flew fast and low.
"The quantum bomb is armed, Rex," Ghost reported, "Thorne—The Architect—is using a short-range, heavily shielded signal. We have less than twenty minutes before the deletion sequence starts. If we don't stop it, the entire New Order network, including all of Luna's financial security, will vanish. And Kilo's life support will fail."
Rex felt the twin pressures of his empire and his promise. He had to save both.
"Can you jam the signal from here?" Rex asked.
"No. Thorne is too deep. We have to breach his server room, which is next to Kilo's sanctuary door."
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