Forty-eight hours after deploying the corruptions, everything accelerated beyond our projections.
"This is wrong," X-Three said, staring at surveillance feeds from seventeen locations simultaneously. "X-One should still be investigating. Should still be building certainty. But he's already mobilizing assets. Already moving quantum weapons into position near X-Two's primary facilities."
"Maybe our corruptions worked better than expected?"
"No. This is too fast. Too decisive. Like someone else is pushing them toward confrontation ahead of our timeline." X-Three magnified one feed. "Look. X-Two's bioweapon facilities are activating. Not just defensive protocols. Full offensive preparation. He's getting ready to release them."
My blood went cold. "How long until—"
"Unknown. Could be hours
