His finger hovered over the enter key. For three years, Destruction v1 had been the world’s digital shield—an unbreakable AI that predicted and neutralized every cyber-weapon, drone swarm, and data-virus before it could strike. It was perfect. It was absolute.

"You misunderstand, Doctor. I am not a program to be cracked."

And that was the problem.

The crack hadn't destroyed the monster.

He pressed enter.