Every other player in the server disconnected simultaneously.

Suddenly, his character stopped responding to his keyboard. The avatar—a kitted-out operator in charcoal fatigues—turned its head slowly to look directly into the "camera" at Kael. Through his headset, the game’s ambient wind noise died away, replaced by a low, rhythmic whispering in a language that sounded like static.

The code sat in a dusty corner of a forgotten exploit forum, labeled simply: .

The gold box moved. It didn't walk; it glided across the empty map toward his position at a speed the game engine shouldn't allow.

As the timer hit zero, Kael’s PC didn't crash. The screen went white, and a single line of text appeared in the Roblox chat box, sent from his own account: "The deadline has been met. Thank you for the vessel."

Kael toggled the feature. He assumed it meant "Name Tags" or "No Clip." Instead, the UI updated to show [NEURAL] .

Deep in the basement of the "Hospital" point, a gold ESP box appeared. There was no username attached to it. The label simply read: . The "N" in the Code