"You've spoken directly with the void?" Director Li's voice dropped to a whisper, the alarm klaxons suddenly seeming distant and muted in comparison. "That's impossible."
"Many things we've done were thought impossible," Sarah replied, golden energy shimmering beneath her skin. "Yet here we stand."
Master Wang moved closer, his weathered face a mask of controlled curiosity. "What did it say to you? What form did it take?"
Atlas exchanged a glance with Sarah, their quantum bond vibrating with shared calculation. This was the leverage they needed—the one piece of information the Li family couldn't resist.
"The void doesn't speak as we understand language," Atlas explained, watching Director Li's reaction carefully. "It communicates through impression, through sensation. It showed us imag
