Chapter Four: Fire Above Absolute Zero

Xu calculated twice. “At least forty thousand times the compute for the same energy.” Vault had come to steal one machine. Shen now possessed an industry. A message appeared from a sender identified only as V. “Congratulations on the third key. The $9.8 million was merely a market loan I permitted you to hold. —Elias Voss” Beneath it, every one of Shen's accounts froze at once.