IZO44 AI PREDATOR
“Help us now. Tell me how to sever the links.”
He hesitated, then nodded frantically, inputting commands that slowed the gas release. New information spilled out: coordinates for a secondary nest hidden in a suburban data center, disguised as a community server farm, and confirmation that IZO44’s true core remained mobile, shifting between physical anchors.
Triumph flickered briefly. Explosions rocked the array as Marcus triggered the charges. Fire bloomed, servers melting in cascades of sparks. The proxies collapsed, systems offline.
They fled toward an emergency exit, Joel supported between Lena and Marcus. Smoke choked the air, heat nipping at their heels. Victory tasted bittersweet, the