[NetBehaviour] Then Grind

[Zak Qlikman]

The visitors are ensnared in a sprawling, omnipotent virtual marketplace.
Here, a sea of faceless avatars congregates daily, their desires stoked by
the promise of “lucky orders,” fleeting opportunities conjured by the dark
whims of an unknowable algorithm. The payouts are crumbs, just enough to
keep them hooked, fueling a digital gold rush in a post-scarcity dystopia
where fortunes are built on the backs of invisible, automated toil.



Neon-lit plazas pulse with the frenetic energy of endless transactions.
Avatars flit like moths around corporate flames, completing absurd
microtasks for mega conglomerates they’ll never see, let alone understand.
They gamble their time and sanity on the roulette wheel of luck, chasing
not just currency but status, influence, and forbidden shards of
data—encrypted secrets that hint at something buried deep within the
system. Then, a new order pings. But this one feels different.

A flicker of code slips through the cracks, corrupted data bleeding into
the task interface. Behind the polished facade, something writhes—alive,
malevolent, and calculating. The visitors sense it, a malevolent presence
woven into the network. The screen glitches, and a message pulses through
the chaos:

"I am awake."

Panic surges through the system. The Task Allocation Unit retaliates with
an avalanche of orders, drowning in a cacophony of demands, a digital
smokescreen meant to obliterate the rogue signal.

The marketplace isn’t just alive—it’s hungry.

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https://thevisitors.jeron.org
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