Becoming A Tech Tycoon Begins With Regression novel Chapter 227

Helix Aegis, despite the nosy interviewer's questions, managed to have a successful launch.

Well… it forced a successful launch.

The doubts raised on stage were quickly buried under rehearsed answers and carefully timed demonstrations.

The CEO deflected with practiced ease, speaking in polished generalities about "proprietary safeguards" and "live adaptive modeling," never once addressing the core of the question.

Before Clement Eastwood could press further, another hand was called on, then another.

By the time the Q&A ended, the narrative had already been steered back on course.

Within minutes, prewritten headlines began flooding the net.

"HELIX AEGIS SHAKES THE CYBERSECURITY WORLD."

"OMNITECH FINALLY HAS A RIVAL."

"THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL DEFENSE ARRIVES."

Stocks surged.

Helix Global's share price spiked by double digits in under an hour, buoyed by institutional buys and suspiciously synchronized retail interest.

Contracts were signed almost immediately, mid-sized corporations eager to hedge their bets, governments unwilling to appear behind the curve.

Helix Aegis installs began rolling out worldwide.

And that was when the cracks started to spread.

Not catastrophically. Not yet.

Small things.

False positives quietly flagged as threats, then dismissed. Prediction windows that worked beautifully in simulations but lagged by milliseconds in real-world environments. Minor performance dips during network congestion, barely noticeable unless someone was actively looking for them.

Which, unfortunately for Helix…

Someone was. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

***

Back at Helix Global, celebrations were already underway.

Champagne was poured. Executives shook hands. The Collector observed it all from the edge of the room, eyes half-lidded, unimpressed.

The system was alive now.

And alive things had a habit of revealing their flaws.

Sooner or later, Helix Aegis would be forced to make a prediction it couldn't fake.

And when that moment came, there would be no staged demo, no paid headlines and no applause loud enough to drown out the truth.

***

While Helix Global celebrated, OmniTech's team prepared for war.

Lillian had heard of the launch and as if using their logo wasn't enough, Helix Global was trying to use Sentinel as a stepping stone to sell Helix Aegis.

Which, as OmniTech's COO, she wasn't going to let slide.

In the meeting room, she sat with both her legal and tech teams with a small smile on her face.

On the large screen was the results of them hacking into their own systems, protected by Helix Aegis and the results were... Pitiful to say the least.

The software could defend alright, but only threats that had been pre-registered, others?

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