The driver subtly mirrored her partner's movements. A soft chime rang in their ears—the kind of tone only the operators could hear through their encrypted headsets, directly linked to the intelligence network managed by Athena.
As for the ongoing debate—whether Athena was an AI or simply a person using an AI-styled voice to communicate with Spirit Fox—neither of the two operators cared. The entity had been helping them without fail. That was enough. Any suspicions, if warranted, were for Ling Qingyu to handle as their leader.
Still, the message that came through sent a chill down both their spines. The operators stiffened for only a moment. They didn't even need to look at each other to coordinate—instinct and experience had already pinged a plan into motion.
