Chapter Twenty-Six
Erik stared at the closed doors. Even if he had two cybernetic arms, he couldn’t pry open them open. If someone had trapped them inside, they had a reason, and it wasn’t chatting.
“What’s going on, Emma?” Erik asked as he rushed toward a stack of crates. “I thought you were in control of the system.”
“This entire area is being locked down,” she explained. “I was unprepared for the level of anti-hacking defenses that activated after I opened the door.”
“You were unprepared?” Erik frowned. “How does that happen? I thought you were the most advanced AI in the entire UTC, and some freaking pet supply company’s system beats you?”
Emma scoffed. “This is far more than a pet supply company, judging by the system. The attack is well beyond what I would have expected from eve
