What I'm asking is whether or not it is possible that there is a form of energy so far undiscovered that registers at a quark or subquark level that can travel faster than light.

Light is the current known standard by which to measure speed, but photons are comprised of "bundles" in the electromagnetic field being transferred super fast from one point in the field to another point in the field.

"The field" itself is what I would like to know more about and understand its role in energy transfer.

Quarks are theoretical and considered so bc there isnt concrete physical evidence for them, but if thats the case, its entirely possible that there are even smaller units than quarks that are undetectable due to limits in current technology.

Does quantum entanglement and the apparent lack of time passing between cause and effect indicate the existence of something smaller than quarks (that facilitates a faster than quark speed of reaction)? If not how do theorists explain it?