Chapter Three: Beyond Seven Seconds

In it, Qin asked, “If a machine can call shots better than you, what are people for?” He died the next day while taking evidence that would have cleared Gu Chen. “No. Take another.” 【This memory has highest value.】 With six minutes left, his teammates waited without pressuring him. Gu Chen suddenly understood. “You can copy memory, but you cannot understand value.” He offered the moment he first lifted a championship trophy. The lights, cheers, and golden confetti vanished. He still knew he had won, but could no longer remember whether he had been happy. “I decide what matters most.” The five reunited around a transparent shaft. Across it waited five professionals wearing the crest of Oracle, an elite club.