Chapter Five: Put the Lie on Stage

Hanhai Security Laboratory's procurement and compute audit filled the screen, drawn from third-party verification attached to its bond prospectus. During those dates, the laboratory's only isolated server capable of running Z-0 had been returned for repair. Recorded GPU usage was zero. The hall went silent. “No compute, no sample hash, no raw record,” Chen said. “Director Zhou, you just confirmed a nonexistent test in front of two million people.” Su submitted the preservation link to the association. Orders poured through the host's earpiece. He no longer knew which one to obey. The comments demanded the raw data. Gu Chengzhou rose from the VIP section. “A missing procurement record cannot overturn a safety conclusion.”