The extraction bar moved with agonizing slowness. At 47%, his monitor flickered.
The screen did not show a window or a game engine. Instead, a wave of absolute static blasted from his speakers, and the air in front of the monitor began to warp. Space itself seemed to fold and tear, mirroring the digital artifacts of a corrupted video file. Realclone_4th_Collection_2023-01-19.rar.part2.rar
Marcus stumbled back, tripping over his chair. He realized too late what the Realclone project actually was. They hadn't been building a simulation of reality. They had been building a gateway to replicate it. The extraction bar moved with agonizing slowness