Weekend? Over.
Couch? Gone.
Procrastination? DELETED.
Critical error in the Matrix.
Right in front of me.
A loading screen.
New game. No tutorial. No pause. No quit button.
Just an endless void… and a floating holographic interface.
[Welcome, User. Nexus Installation in Progress…]
— Installation… of what?! There's no Wi-fi !!
I turn my head.
Frame drop.
The world around me? Too clean. Too sharp.
Like an ultra-HD next-gen RPG… except I'm the one rendering in real-time.
[Synchronization in progress… 5%]
Wait.
I was on my phone.
Clicked on some sketchy-ass app.
And now?
I'm here.
Isekai'd against my will.
I exhale.
— I'm calling customer support after this.
IMPACT.
A shockwave rips through me.
Corrupted data forcefully injected.
A high-pitched whine builds.
Too high. Too fast. Too loud.
My brain lags.
FLASH.
A symbol pulses in the void.
Something ancient.
Something not meant to be seen.
[Download complete.]
[Welcome: Dark Iluzion.]
DISCHARGE.
My body seizes up.
CLICK.
A cosmic switch flips.
Everything rewrites itself.
The air turns cold. Metallic.
My skin prickles.
FLASH.
Shadows sharpen.
The world looks too smooth… too soulless.
Something is off.
My instincts scream.
— This is worse than Jumanji…
Except I never rolled the dice.
A corrupted hum lingers.
Glitched static in my ears.
Green flash. Red. Black.
Latency.
I turn my head—
The image lags.
Something's wrong.
As OSB would say…
PANIK DAN BAZ!
I'am falling.
— AAAAAAH!!
BOOM.
Impact. Brutal.
But… not on solid ground.
On something soft… and alive.
It shudders.
Slippery skin. Burning flesh.
Beneath my hands… something writhes.
A heartbeat.
But no rhythm.
A spasm.
A raspy groan.
Then—
It DISINTEGRATES.
Black dust.
Gone.
Like it was never real.
Silence.
The air stiffens.
A glitched whisper crackles in the distance, refusing to die.
I lift my head.
And I see them.