Chapter Five: Black Zone Simulation

created. Ilya's scout unit released dozens of false heat signatures, confusing enemy judgment. Tao shoved the shield convoy straight toward the evacuation port. The final phantom guarded the Black Zone core. It raised its right fist and imitated the Star Return posture from Helios-9. The entire war zone lit blue-white. Harren shot to his feet. "How did the system call an unauthorized protocol?" A cold weight hit Leon's chest. This was not something the academy simulator could generate from nothing. Someone had inserted Astra-X's battle record into the Black Zone model and was trying to bait it into activating Star Return again. Varro. Leon did not meet the attack. "Mira. Core coordinates."