As we reach the door, the radio on Russ’s vest crackles again.
Wren.
No.
Not Wren.
The system.
The laptop inside the cabin begins beeping loudly.
Alarm after alarm.
Adam freezes.
“That’s not good.”
We step inside.
The screen is flashing red.
The countdown timer is still ticking.
But something new has appeared.
A second message beneath it.
PHASE THREE ACCELERATED
The timer suddenly jumps.
10 hours becomes—
6:00:00
My stomach drops.
Boone stares at the screen.
“What the hell?”
Adam exhales slowly.
“I think the Architect just sped things up.”
And suddenly the race to stop the collapse—
Just got a lot shorter.
26
Wren
The alarms won’t stop.
The laptop screen flashes red across the kitchen table.
Warning panels stack over each other like a digital avalanche.
