Chapter 160: The Calm Before the Break
The message stayed on the screens for exactly nine seconds.
Then it vanished.
Just like the first one.
Marcus stared at the empty monitor as if the words might reappear.
They didn't.
The system returned to its normal interface.
Data streams resumed.
Construction statistics continued updating.
Logistics maps refreshed their moving icons.
To anyone walking into the operations center at that moment, everything would look normal again.
But no one inside the room felt normal.
Adrian broke the silence first.
"Tomorrow?"
His voice carried a dangerous edge.
"That's what it said," Marcus replied quietly.
Elena didn't look away from the large city map glowing on the wall.
"Then we have less than twenty-four hours."
Adrian turned toward her.
"To prepare for something we don't even understand."
Elena nodded slowly.
"Yes."
Marcus replayed the warehouse camera footage.
