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Except for one section.
It’s highlighted in red.
CASCADE MONITORING
I click it.
The system loads another screen.
Graphs appear.
Data streams.
Infrastructure metrics.
Power grids.
Transportation throughput.
Internet backbone traffic.
Emergency call volume.
All monitored in real time.
My breath catches.
“Oh my god.”
Because several of the graphs are already climbing.
Not slowly.
Rapidly.
Emergency calls.
Power fluctuations.
Traffic congestion.
Supply chain delays.
All increasing simultaneously.
Across multiple states.
My hands move across the keyboard again.
Pulling up national infrastructure reports.
Looking for confirmation.
The first alert appears seconds later.
Regional power disturbance.
Idaho.
