Chapter Four: A Dead Man's Voice

Any signal that removes judgment is usually removing your chance to survive.” He disconnected the antenna. The prediction vanished, but the company remained interesting. Records claimed six patients had died of liver failure, while procurement showed only five doses issued. The sixth victim had never received the drug. Someone had inserted a corpse to force suspension. Lancheng also owned a low-temperature enzyme patent essential to battery recycling, the kind Gu-controlled Polaris Energy had quietly accumulated for months. With four minutes left, Shen purchased the note using a one-yuan deposit, making the remainder payable only after control transferred. The system recognized a sale but could not liquidate money not yet paid.