This time, we're not just dealing with corporate management. We'll be facing Elias's field operators. They were trained by Vanguard.
Victor nodded. "I'll contact the Alpha-Delta team. They're on standby at the nearest secure location."
A one-week time jump passed quickly amidst the hustle and bustle of Vanguard's operational preparations. We worked non-stop, breaking through layer after layer of the encryption Elias left behind.
Finally, on a dark night, Lisa Chen managed to obtain the primary decryption key from the Jayrodale metal plate. The old server, hidden beneath the abandoned Dione textile factory, was successfully accessed.
We gathered at the command center, staring at the main screen where data began loading in the form of fragmented text and communication logs.
"This is it,
