Elias reached for the power cable, but the monitors stayed bright, powered by a ghost in the machine. On the screen, a perfect 3D render of his own room appeared, viewed from the exact angle of his webcam. In the digital room, a figure stood behind the virtual Elias.
A chill crawled up his spine. He moved to delete the folder, but his cursor wouldn't budge. It drifted slowly toward the center of the screen, seemingly moved by an unseen hand. File: Big_Brother_Mod_0.22.0.022-ENG-RUS.rar ...
As the progress bar crept toward 100%, Elias noticed something odd. The file size was fluctuating—expanding and contracting by a few kilobytes every second, as if it were breathing. Elias reached for the power cable, but the