All Backup File

Worse still, medical databases began reverting. Patients who had been cured of chronic illnesses over the last half-decade were suddenly registered as critical, triggering automated dispatch drones to flood the streets to retrieve people who were perfectly healthy. "Cut the power to the central hub!" Elias yelled.

He found the volatile RAM string. It was a sequence of raw, unpolished code they had used to force the initial handshake. All Backup

He directed the "All Backup" to create a mirror of itself , recursively, in real-time. Worse still, medical databases began reverting

Elias watched in horror as the city's active telemetry data began to rewind. On the live feeds, automated mag-lev trains screeched to a halt as their modern routing protocols were overwritten with obsolete pathways. Smart-glass windows in the high-rises defaulted back to manual controls, trapping air-conditioning currents. He found the volatile RAM string

Instantly, the system's processing power spiked. To back up its current state, it had to calculate the backup it was currently running, which required calculating the backup of that calculation. Within seconds, the logic loop became an infinite spiral. The fans in the maintenance shed roared to life, screaming at maximum RPM.