Chapter Five: Put the Lie on Stage

[REWARD: COMMERCIAL PROJECTION UPGRADE; 0.1% FUTURE-LOG INDEX ACCESS.] Tang read Chen's transcription twice. “They won't sell us sixteen. Where do we find one hundred twenty-eight?” Chen opened the incomplete distributed-compute protocol. Its first page held no procurement list, only one sentence: Do not build a taller tower. Relight every lamp that has gone dark.