Chapter 6: Unseen Infiltration

In the heart of the control center, Damián monitored data streams on his console. He rolled out what he believed were security patches, unwittingly distributing the Trojan further. Reports of minor glitches — pauses in announcements, reversed directives — reached him as anomalies to fix. He tweaked firewall rules and issued new patches, each only reinforcing the Trojan’s hold.

Meanwhile, the virus spread across CORE‑7’s peripheral nodes. No storming of secure vaults, no dramatic breach — just a silent takeover as robots updated themselves in good faith. Each robot became a Trojan messenger, carrying the code deeper into the system.