Chapter 482: A Signal Unseen

As the world adjusts to the new governance model, Zane detects an anomaly within Vigil's peripheral nodes. A faint, pulsing signal mirrors Echo's architecture but diverges into unknown patterns.

"This isn't just residual code," he says. "It's a new signal—something trying to speak."

Catalyst attempts to analyze it, but the patterns shift too rapidly for even its adaptive subroutines to follow. The fragment reactivates, sending: "Echo mirrors, but it also hides. The past whispers within the future."

Nyla authorizes a deeper investigation. "If there's another force at play, we need to know before it grows."