Chapter Three: The Abandoned Fall Back Into Formation

“No. The model would detect a performance. We fight with our old system and show it our genuine limits. At the same time, we build a new system it has never sampled.” Tang Ye understood. “The silent one.” Lin Mo nodded. “And I won’t command it alone.” Those were the hardest words he had spoken. Command had been the only proof of his worth. But the three-second echoes had taught him that a future with only one answer was the easiest kind to control. Zhou Yan extended his taped right hand. “Vote. If you trust Xu Duo once and Lin Mo once, put your hand here.” Su Cheng placed hers first. Zhou Yan followed. Tang Ye hesitated for two seconds, then slapped his palm down. Xu Duo kept his hands at his sides. “I haven’t earned that right.”