The rebel leader jammed the chips into the side of the glowing blue scanner panel.
BEEP-BEEP-BEEP.
The scanner flashed wildly, cycling through red and blue lights as the chips flooded its logic gates.
"Come on, come on," the leader muttered, sweat dripping down his face. "Just open."
Sebastian shook his head in the shadows.
'You forgot about the secondary physical ward, you idiot.'
The Ethereal Plane's high-tier defense architecture was ruthless. It didn't just rely on digital locks. It relied on absolute brutal force to punish anyone who failed a hack!
Down below, the biometric scanner suddenly stopped flashing. It turned a solid glaring red.
[System Alert: Unauthorized Intrusion Detected.]
[Deploying countermeasures.]
"Shit! It locked us out!" the hacker screamed, ripping the decryptor chips from the panel.
"The door is sealed! Run!"
They turned to sprint back toward the ventilation shaft.
They didn't make it two steps!
