In their place, a single text box appeared. It wasn’t a game UI. It was a command prompt.
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But the engine note was wrong. It wasn't the guttural scream of a twin-turbo V12. It was a low, rhythmic hum—like a server farm. The skybox flickered, revealing lines of hexadecimal rain. The tarmac shimmered, then dissolved into a grid of green code. In their place, a single text box appeared