SCORNED EX WIFE Queen Of Ashes (Camille and Stefan)

Chapter 128

Chapter 128

The Phoenix Grid control room hummed with activity. Massive screens displayed real-

time data from thousands of connection points throughout the city. Engineers moved between workstations, checking and rechecking every system.

Hannah Zhao stood in the center, tablet in hand displaying the master checklist. Three days until the official launch, and the pressure weighed on her shoulders.

"Junction forty-three, status?" she called.

"All green," came the response. "Power flow nominal, security protocols active, redundancy systerns standing by."

Hannah marked it off her list. They had been working for twenty hours straight, methodically testing every component. The sabotaged systems that Walsh had compromised required particularly careful attention Camille entered, immaculate in a tailored suit

despite the early hour. Only the shadows under her eyes betrayed her exhaustion.

"Progress report?" she asked, moving to Hannah's side.

"Eighty-seven percent complete," Hannah

replied, handing over her tablet. "Western sector is fully operational. Northern at ninety-

three percent. Eastern and southern at eighty-two and seventy-nine."

"And the corrected systems?"

Hannah lowered her voice. "All fixed. We've replaced every component Walsh tampered with,

updated all compromised software. The Grid is clean."

Relief flickered across Camille's face. "Show me."

Hannah led her to a workstation where thermal imaging displayed the

entire Grid. Each junction

point glowed green, power flows represented by pulsing blue lines.

"We've triple-

western junction," Hannah explained, zooming in on the area they had deliberately marked as vulnerable in the false information fed to Walsh. "It's actually our

Herod access those files, we'll

Zhao? We

nine."

junction wasn't among the compromised systems

fluctuation. Minor, but outside standard

to the technician's station. The monitor showed a slight

and fixing every sabotaged component, an unexpected anomaly sent

The junction itself

"Replace it," Camille instructed.

Hannah dispatched a maintenance team. "This is why we test repeatedly. Even the best technology occasionally

reviewing data at each station. Hannah watched Camille's face as they progressed. The project

status?" Camille asked at the

running at optimal capacity. Cooling

ready. Firewall protections

me the load testing

various stress scenarios. The lines remained steady even at three

"We've

the engineer explained. "Power surges, brownouts, cyber attacks, physical breaches. The Grid maintains stability

western junction?" Camille asked again. "The false vulnerability we

set up

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junction will trigger

we've stationed additional

full system integration test," Camille instructed. "One

initiated the most

of the Grid's

showing the entire Grid as one interconnected system. Lights flowed from

outward, representing power

sectors illuminated, Western. Northern. Eastern, Southern. Each junction point activated in sequence. The display

integration test complete," announced the automated voice. "All systems functioning within optimal parameters. Phoenix

out among the engineers. Hannah felt a wave

display, searching for any imperfection, any vulnerability that

information will lead

ceremony."

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