Trust Tech-XeeCo headquarters plunged into darkness when all quantum-enhanced systems shut down at once. Ji-Hyun battled rising fear in the monitoring center as she sensed the emptiness where Sung-min's consciousness should exist in their neural connection. The disconnect felt like a physical injury making her feel incomplete.
"Emergency power starting," ARIA's voice came through weak backup systems, its smooth tones broken up. "Trying to bring back quantum network connections."
Red emergency lights cast a spooky glow across the chaos of the monitoring center. Through the windows, Ji-Hyun saw darkness spread across Seoul's bright skyline as the quantum consciousness surge affected power grids throughout the city.
"Sarah!" Ji-hyun shouted using her voice and the remaining local network. "Give me an update!"
