Chapter 6

After a few days of "effort" from Isaac and Roger, the multi-million-dollar production line didn't get better. It totally crashed.

This morning, when the operator hit the start button, every screen on the equipment flashed red in unison.

In the center of each screen, a huge line of white code appeared, like a cold death sentence. "Error 777 - Core Authorization Missing. Core Authorization Missing."

This was the final failsafe I'd set up.

It was a low-level logic lock I'd embedded when I designed the B-I module.

If anyone tried to bypass the normal interface and brute-force modify the core…