The Highest Authority, Locked Out

Freezing Lin's account was meant to make him prove it voluntarily. The black interface surfaced on his disconnected phone. [TIMED CHALLENGE: The Man Without a Key.] [Objective: Obtain the Gate Protocol's first audit record within twelve hours.] [Restrictions: Zero interface isolated by external review. StarArc accounts may not be used.] [Failure: Tang Yue's location will be exposed.] [Hint: Authority is not ability.] Then the interface went completely gray. For the first time, Lin began a challenge without Oracle. “I saw an ordinary test page,” he said, accepting but not drinking the coffee. “If the company suspects disclosure, provide an incident number and the scope of review.”