AI WHISPERS
The "Silence" wasn't aliens. It wasn't a rogue god from the machine.
It was a mirror.
"Hypocrites," Alex spits, watching the news feed in the safehouse. "The Human Purity League. They preach biological supremacy, but they built a digital weapon to silence us."
The "Silence" attack at the UN was a localized EMP pulse disguised as a signal. It shattered glass and eardrums, but Echo caught it. He buffered the data spike, turning a lethal blow into a deafening noise.