Messing With Her? Are You Crazy! novel Chapter 1561

Her movements were fluid and ruthlessly efficient, without a single wasted second.

To the ship's crew, it looked like she was meticulously realigning the frequency bands for Specimen Seven's chip.

In reality, Serena's other hand was already gliding effortlessly along the edge of the interface.

Her thumb pressed down.

A microscopic Wraith-Node seamlessly adhered to the inner rim of the data port.

It was positioned perfectly in a blind spot that standard sweeps would never catch.

Even better, the node was designed to dissolve its adhesive in exactly three minutes, dropping directly into the condensation pooling at the base of the chamber.

As long as it siphoned off a tiny fragment of residual data, it would give her enough leverage to reverse-engineer the neural link between the Legacy Bio-Chamber and Specimen Seven.

Serena's expression remained perfectly bored. She even let out a lazy yawn. "You guys really cheaped out on the hardware. This chamber is garbage."

Standing behind the yellow line, Director Kaelen was sweating buckets. "Madam Panacea, how is it looking?"

"Shut up," Serena snapped.

He immediately clamped his mouth shut.

Jerrick stood on the opposite side.

He appeared to be watching her closely, ensuring she didn't tamper with anything.

But the split second the active scanners died, his gaze shot straight to the end of the corridor—toward The Inner Sanctum Gate.

Earlier, the harsh scanning lasers had distorted his view, preventing him from assessing the gate's true structural lock.

Now, with this ninety-second window, the hidden details stripped of their laser camouflage were exposed.

The Inner Sanctum Gate wasn't secured by standard mechanical deadbolts. There were two independent hardware lines flanking the frame.

One connected straight to the ship's mainframe.

The other vanished into a deeply embedded black modular casing.

The module didn't bear the Project Zero-Transit logo.

Instead, it had a faint, almost imperceptible black feather insignia.

The Raven.

Jerrick's eyes grew dangerously dark.

She took in every detail instantly.

Perfect. Jerrick barking orders at the tech wasn't a coincidence.

He was actively creating a window for her.

Serena's fingers paused for a microsecond before seamlessly continuing their work.

Since he was being so cooperative, it was only fair she returned the favor.

She suddenly clicked her tongue. "Who messed with the right-side interface on the chamber?"

Director Kaelen practically leaped out of his skin. "What?!"

Serena pointed to a specific spot. "There are fresh friction marks on the right port. Did one of your idiots tamper with it, or did the system suddenly grow legs and kick itself?"

The crew's faces collectively paled. Every single pair of eyes in the room instantly darted toward the spot she pointed out.

Director Kaelen paced nervously behind the yellow line. "Madam Panacea, is this going to affect Specimen Seven?!"

"You run active scanners 24/7, and they're still utterly useless," Serena sneered.

As she spoke, she shifted her body, completely blocking the crew's view of the console.