The electronic clock at the New York Stock Exchange read 08:15, leaving 45 minutes until the market opened. Qiyue stood beside the Charging Bull statue at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway. The transparent silhouette of the Quantum Ghost clung to his left side, while Scholar Su Muqing stood three meters away, disguised as an ordinary tourist. The biting cold of Moscow had been replaced by the stifling humidity of New York, and the July sun scorched the back of Qiyue's neck.
"The signal is coming from the underground vault," Scholar Su Muqing transmitted via an encrypted channel. "But the entrance is sealed, and Marcus’s men have taken over the entire security system."
Qiyue’s chip projected a 3D structural diagram of the building. Probability Vision automatically marked twelve armed personnel and four surveillance blind spots, but the most unsettling aspect was the quantum fluctuation directly above the vault—The Overseer’s energy signature.
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