Chapter Two: One Line of Code, One Miracle

A court order turned Firefly's main repository red and inaccessible. Tang checked his phone. “They moved too quickly for this to be improvised.” “It wasn't. DeepVault already knew models were linked to anomalies.” “Evidence?” Lin projected three-year-old commit records. Firefly's causal module predated his employment. Every signature was anchored by public timestamps. Chen was ready. DeepVault called the timestamps fraudulent and requested global removal of every mirror. “A lawsuit takes a year,” Su said. “So we don't fight in court.” Lin sent a livestream link to every reporter. “They say Firefly copied MysticDome. Let both models examine the same patients in public.”