Blood on the Asphalt biker
The connection was instantaneous.
< USER UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE UPLOAD DATA. > the infant AI whispered in my mind, a cold, calculating void.
I'm not an upload, I projected back, flooding the white light with the brilliant, chaotic sapphire of the Origin-Code. I'm the Architect of the New Game. Wake up, Your Majesty. We have a war to win.
The white core flashed violently, shifting to a deep, royal purple. The Citadel around us groaned as the power grid was pushed to its absolute breaking point.