Chapter 161: Six Hours
The timer began ticking the moment the message appeared.
05:59:42
05:59:41
05:59:40
The numbers dropped steadily on the bottom corner of every screen in the operations center.
Marcus didn't move for several seconds.
He simply stared at the countdown, trying to process what it meant.
Six hours.
Someone had just synchronized with the city's infrastructure network and then calmly given them a countdown to whatever came next.
Adrian finally broke the silence.
"Tell me that's fake."
Marcus shook his head slowly.
"No."
Elena stood beside the central display, her expression unreadable.
"Can we remove it?"
Marcus tried immediately.
He opened the system command panel and attempted to isolate the program generating the timer.
The command returned an error.
He tried again.
Same result.
"It's embedded," Marcus said.
"Where?" Adrian asked.
Marcus scanned the architecture.
His stomach tightened.
"Everywhere."
Adrian frowned.
