Chapter Four: Their Blockade Became My Advertisement

In DayShield's temporary office, employees stared at the screens. The company was two days old. Fifty million yuan had seemed enormous, but under this assault it would not last an hour. Su Mi placed the physical disconnect key on the desk. “Pull the cable now, and we can preserve the evidence.” “We can't.” Lin studied the traffic patterns highlighted by the System. “Those terminals aren't attacking. They're testing us.” Each wave deliberately struck a different weakness, then sent the result to the same White Tower node. The Alliance meant to expose every defense before launching the real attack. Taotie licked one paw. “Three-point-four million free test machines. Market value: eighty-six million.”