Serena wasn't just using this crisis to clone Asset 07's core database.
She was weaponizing the creature's own neural link to launch a devastating counter-hack, directly hunting down the IP address of the ghost command.
She wanted to see exactly who had the audacity to place a hit on Nicholas Blackwood.
The moment that hacker tried to ping Asset 07 through that secure channel again...
Her phantom virus would latch onto them in the dark.
The telemetry would stream straight back to the microchip hidden on her silver needle.
Serena wasn't the least bit worried about getting caught.
She executed the entire cyber-warfare operation in plain sight, right under the noses of the ship's elite technical team.
All they saw was a miracle worker saving their lives.
As the countdown timer mercilessly ticked down to the final sixty seconds, the
tension in the room reached an absolute breaking point.
Suddenly, a technician practically screamed at his monitor, "The target-lock algorithm is collapsing!"
"She severed it! The Sentinel Target-ID Module has been completely neutralized!"
Another tech's eyes went wide with pure, unfiltered shock. "It's actually gone... Asset 07's hostility response toward the Sovereign is dropping. It's completely flatlining!"
Kaelen practically threw himself over the console.
He watched the Biometric Monitoring Display as the terrifying, blaring red alarms faded away, replaced by the soothing calm of a stabilized baseline.
Then, three massive lines of text flashed across the screen:
[Target Identification: Error]
[Target Lock: Terminated]
[Execution Protocol: Failed]
Kaelen swallowed hard, his lungs burning as he finally remembered to breathe. "She really stopped it?"
The technician was glued to his screen. "Yes! It's real! Ms. Panacea's technique is unbelievable. She actually... she actually severed the neural lock!"
"I have never seen a bio-suppression sequence executed like this!"
"My god, is she really this good?"
Kaelen didn't understand the jargon. He didn't care about the medical execution.
All he cared about was that The Panacea had actually pulled it off.
The target lock was dead.
Asset 07 was no longer going to try and butcher the Sterling Sovereign!
Inside the Observation Theater, Serena's expression remained dangerously calm and indifferent.
With a flick of her pale fingers, she began pulling the silver needles out of the creature's flesh one by one.
The moment the metal left its skin, Asset 07's body twitched involuntarily.
The collective heart of everyone in the control room leaped into their throats.
But Serena didn't even flinch.
The technicians watched with bated breath. "She's pulling the needles!"
"The target-lock metrics are still flatlining. The extraction isn't triggering a relapse." "Neural activity is stable... She actually caged the beast!"
Their voices weren't just shocked anymore; they were laced with an almost fanatical
reverence.
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Serena slid the final needle out and casually slipped it back into her kit.
Then, she pulled an unmarked vial from her bag and buried the syringe straight into the side of Asset 07's neck.
She pushed the plunger down slowly.
Kaelen grabbed the technician's arm. "W-What is she injecting into it?!"
The tech shook his head, his eyes
locked on the vitals. "Whatever it's an advanced biochemical stabilizer.
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"Look right there! The muscle density scans, the vascular pressure, and right here..."