The Lucent Trade Corp building looked calm and safe under the moonlight, sitting far enough from the fancy Lucent Restaurant Tower to seem secure. Michael thought it was untouchable, but he was totally wrong.
Down in the basement, Alpha's tech floor buzzed with high-end systems and servers, but HK's team slipped inside like ghosts through vents and service doors. One group kept watch over the exits, while another quietly uploaded a virus to every terminal. The third team set up electromagnetic disruptors, scrambling unprotected systems and wiping out tons of data in just seconds.
Myles, leading the operation, tapped his comm and said, "Phase two. Full wipe."
Gas capsules released were harmless to people but wrecked electronics, frying cooling lines and smashing drives. In less than nine minutes, the basement fell silent, no alarms, no gunfire, just complete stillness.
