She had already taken control of Specimen Seven, ruining their previous plans.
And now she was trying to snatch Specimen Fourteen.
The Raven would never let this slide!
Both The Panacea and Joker were going to pay a heavy price for their arrogance!
Fueled by that thought, Commander Richter gritted his teeth against the searing agony of the silver needle piercing his hand. He bared his teeth in a sinister sneer, his voice thick with venom. "Did you really think destroying one external console would let you waltz away with Specimen Fourteen?"
His smile stretched into something twisted and ugly. "You're too incredibly naive!" "Let me spell it out for you. The Raven has initiated the Omega Purge Protocol." "The moment that clock hits zero, Specimen Fourteen's neural network will detonate from the inside out!"
"And you will be left with absolutely nothing."
Commander Richter glared maliciously at Serena's pale, hauntingly beautiful face. "You went to all this trouble to get here. You played all your little games. You even made enemies out of us. And for what? To die at the hands of the very prize you were too greedy to leave alone."
"Billions of dollars... You won't even live long enough to touch a single cent!"
"Tell me, Panacea. Are you choking on your own regret right now?"
Perhaps he had been humiliated one too many times today.
Commander Richter's only thought was to finally vent his pent-up fury.
Yet, despite him shouting himself hoarse...
Serena didn't so much as blink in his direction.
She kept her expression completely neutral, her gaze locked on the ticking countdown.
Her slender fingers danced lightly across the keypad.
The console remained unresponsive.
[52.]
[51.]
[50...]
The clock kept dropping.
Watching this, Commander Richter barked out a mocking laugh. "Save your strength! Once the Omega Purge Protocol is active, there isn't a sout alive who can intercept the Command."
"Did you really think decades of our cutting-edge research could be casually
dismantled by a little hacker like you?"
"Everything you're doing right now is completely pointless!"
Hearing his taunts, Serena suddenly let out a low, soft chuckle.
The sound was cold and clear, laced with an enigmatic sense of amusement.
"So..."
She arched an eyebrow, her crimson lips curving upward in a slow, deliberate smirk. "This is your ultimate trump card."
There wasn't an ounce of panic on her pale face. Even the manufactured glint of greed in her eyes hadn't dimmed in the slightest.
That half-smile of hers caused the triumphant sneer on Commander Richter's face to stiffen.
The gnawing unease he had just managed to suppress clawed its way back up his throat.
What did this woman mean by that?
What the hell was she laughing at?
Did she actually have a way to stop the purge?
No!
That was impossible.
The remote override was firmly in The Raven's hands.
With The Raven at the helm, nothing could possibly go wrong.
Clinging to his absolute faith in his superior, Commander Richter forced his anxiety back down.
The Panacea was skilled, sure, but she was just a pharmacist a doctor.
There was no way she could crack their highest-tier security clearance in less than a minute.
She was just putting on a brave face to bluff her way out.
He scoffed harshly. "The purge directly to the core
inside Specimen Fourteen. Opet
it's
running, it is completely irreversible."
Qu
"If you try to forcefully override it, you'll only aggravate the spliced genetics inside the asset and send it into an early stage of total frenzy."