By spiking the humidity, he forced a "maintenance override" that opened the secondary vents.

Silas dropped through the ceiling, suspended by carbon-fiber wires. He reached the pedestal. There it was—a heavy, black tablet encased in glass. He swapped it for a dummy weighted with lead and pulled himself back into the vents just as the alarms began to howl. 2. The Great Decryption

"The real treasure wasn't the coins. It was the memes we made along the way. But also, check the dog's collar in photo #402."

The "Night Book" opened. Silas expected rows of hexadecimal code and private keys. Instead, the screen filled with thousands of high-definition photos of a single Shiba Inu playing in a park, sleeping on a rug, and chasing its own tail. Underneath the photos was a single text file: