Chapter Four: Every Malice Leaves an Echo

Security researchers contributed tens of thousands of adversarial samples during a public development stream. Twelve hours later, Xiezhi's four hundred million parameters beat Dome Alliance's ten-billion-parameter security model in a blind Bureau trial. The System remained silent. “No real user,” Lin said. The lights in the underground garage died. Tang rose. Malice did not come from one person. It flooded the building like ice water. Every camera froze. Seven vehicle doors opened, and twenty-four people in gray combat suits entered from separate points. Their unmarked exoskeletons belonged to Dome Alliance, but they moved as if sharing one nervous system. “Ability squad,” Tang said, drawing his gun. “Are they after you or the server?”