Chapter Four: The Lightweight Servers

Xu checked the market. Hengyuan’s second financing round had attracted forty-three thousand retail investors. “They believed Hengyuan’s lie,” she said. “They claimed its future as theirs.” Qiao’s smile vanished. He took out his own phone. Hengyuan shares filled the screen, and the device crushed blood from his palm. “My daughter asked me to buy for her,” he said. Server Three rose a millimeter. Across Linlan, forty-three thousand phones grew heavy at once.