SEVER ZERO
"A Vanguard Behemoth. It's shielded, and we don't have the heavy ordinance to crack it."
"A Vanguard?" Jax's voice chimed in, sounding genuinely alarmed. "Gunman, if they deployed a Vanguard in your world, it has a tether in ours. The Admin's operational AI uses the game's servers to process the target-lock and shield-modulation algorithms. If there's a Behemoth in Sector 7..."
"There is a Raid Boss spawning in the corresponding digital zone," Ren finished the thought. "Jax, track the massive data spike. Find the Boss."
A tense ten seconds of silence followed, broken only by the rhythmic trembling of the factory floor as the physical Behemoth rolled closer.