Klaus should have closed the project then. Instead, he followed the link.

But EPLAN 2.6 had other plans.

By midnight, the phantom link had grown. It connected a 24V power supply to a valve that Klaus hadn’t drawn—a valve labeled “Tür 7” (Door 7). Frowning, he opened the building’s old PDF schematics from 1992. No Door 7. The treatment plant only had six doors.

But Klaus couldn’t. The phantom link had wrapped itself through the entire schematic—eighteen pages of neatly drawn power distribution, PLC I/O, and motor controls. If he deleted the cross-reference, the consistency check would fail. The project wouldn’t validate. And if the project didn’t validate by Friday, the plant’s permit would lapse.

The workstation fans roared. Klaus’s old USB mouse cursor began moving on its own—slowly, deliberately—dragging a wire from the phantom valve toward the main power feed. Klaus grabbed the mouse. It twitched against his palm. He yanked the USB cord. The cursor kept moving.

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