An alert blared on Lin Chen's screen.
Three adjacent hospitals reported irregular patient triage times.
The deviation had triggered a cascading effect.
Immediate Assessment
Lin Chen accessed the logs.
Node A: Early triage, two patients misprioritized
Node B: Medication delayed by 7 minutes
Node C: Staff overloading in emergency wing
All minor individually,
but collectively dangerous.
Decision Time
The system prompted:
[Recommended Action: Immediate Manual Override — Deploy Supervisory Agents.]
Lin Chen shook his head.
"No," he said.
"Let them act first."
Observation
The auxiliary network autonomously began reallocating resources:
Node A dispatched internal coordinators
Node B rerouted medications from surplus
Node C rebalanced staff using predictive scheduling
Dr. Hart's Commentary
"They're solving it without you," she whispered.
"You built it, and now it runs itself."
Lin Chen's eyes stayed on the data.
"Yes," he said calmly.
"But notice how long it takes."
Reflection
The deviations corrected themselves.
Lives were safe.
Yet each second revealed vulnerabilities.
The system recorded everything.
Lin Chen noted patterns,
tweaking algorithms silently.
End of Chapter