Chapter Three: The Museum of Harm

“The attachment password,” she said. Lin endured the delayed wound now reopening across his back. “0721-no-pass. Tester Twenty-One died that day, and the report never passed review.” Gu lowered the gun. On the far side of the pod, A-Man sat barefoot, gazing curiously through the window. White Crow waited in the shadows. Two people who should not exist now occupied reality together. Every light in the city went dark, then returned one by one. All billboards displayed the same countdown: six days, eighteen hours, eleven minutes, fifty-nine seconds. Beneath it, a message appeared on every device on Earth. 【FINAL TEST PREPARING.】 【TEST SUBJECT: LIN ZHOU.】 Gu looked out at the city glowing red. “The whole world knows who you are now.”