Kross nodded, his gaze now sharp, the humiliation replaced by a fierce, almost desperate desire to rectify his catastrophic mistake. "Yes. I can. When Consensus fully integrated me, I had access to a vast portion of its internal schematics. It wasn't just using me; it was feeding me information, showing me its vision. The true simpul pikiran are not just physical locations. They are nexus points where the quantum-psychic energy and the digital network truly merge. Its heart. Its brain. Its soul."
He stumbled out of the chamber, ignoring Elaine’s protests, making his way to a nearby console. His hands, though still trembling, moved with a familiar, instinctive grace across the holographic interface, pulling up old KrossCorp blueprints, overlaying them with encrypted data streams only he co
