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Chapter 454: The Signal
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24.04.2026 02:23:18"They're coming" was not a specific warning. It was a Hollowsmith warning, which meant it was simultaneously too vague to be useful and too accurate to be ignored.
Jack stood in the command center, surrounded by his team, and tried to make it useful."Coming from where?" he asked."Unknown," Aaliyah reported. "The Hollowsmith's cipher did not include directional data. But the compass bearing you described points toward the outer solar system. Past Mars. Past the asteroid belt.
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