The launch of the data twin was not the end. It was the beginning of the "Optimization Phase." Oculus-Prime's AI, Mnemosyne, was now analyzing the twin for inefficiencies. And it had found The Obsidian.
"Zero-traffic sector," Mr. Vance read, his voice tight. "The building is a black hole in our network. It's drawing power, it's releasing heat, but it's transmitting no data."
Mnemosyne didn't understand an building with a heart but no voice. It flagged The Obsidian as a critical anomaly. It ordered a 'Comprehensive Structural-Data Resonance Scan.' This wasn't a manual survey; this was a data-bomb designed to force a response from the hidden systems.
"They're going to ping every atom in this building," Julian told Elara in the Under-Registry. They were looking at a map of the new network. The Obsidian was a small, blue island surrounded by a sea of red traffic. "Every wire, every secret, every one of my clients' files will be illuminated."
"Then we create a bigger shadow," Elara said.
The Moiré protocol had been passive, but now they needed an active defense. They needed an architectural event so big that Mnemosyne would be forced to focus all its resources on understanding it, leaving the data-servers untouched.
They needed to make the building think.