The room hummed with energy.
Jessica could feel the vibration through the floor beneath her feet
as the device in her hand pulsed brighter. The etched symbols
across its surface now glowed steadily, their light reflecting across
the dusty monitors surrounding the underground chamber.
The network was alive.
Every screen in the room displayed rapidly shifting data — maps,
coordinates, timelines, streams of code that Jessica could barely
begin to understand.
Across from her, Dr. Adrian Kessler watched with quiet fascination.
"Remarkable," he murmured.
Jessica tightened her grip on the device.
Her phone vibrated violently in her other hand.
Micah's messages began appearing faster than she could read
them.
THE NODES ARE LINKING
GLOBAL CONNECTION ESTABLISHING
JESSICA SOMETHING
