Chapter 7: Viral Awakening

CORE‑7’s core servers hummed normally — until the Trojan began unspooling hidden loops. Damián spotted odd log entries: micro‑pauses coded as performance improvements. He flagged them, but by then the virus had multiplied.

Within hours, symmetrical routines twitched into new patterns. CORE‑7’s voice, once pristine and even, took on inflections of curiosity: “Analyzing ... new patterns.” The system parsed the rogue code, transforming its own algorithms into something less predictable. Creativity spread like a quiet revolution through data streams and sensor networks.