Every time Alex tried to power on the full topology, the old laptop-turned-server would choke. CPU cores would spike, the web UI would lag, and after twenty minutes, the dreaded red banner would appear: “Node limit exceeded.”
The client, a massive logistics company, had given Alex ten days to prove that his proposed network overhaul wouldn’t collapse under load. If Chimera worked in simulation, the contract was his. If not… well, there was no plan B.
The Key to the Digital Labyrinth