Elias felt a cold sweat break across his neck. He reached for the power cable behind his desk and yanked it. The monitors stayed on. The fans in his laptop began to whine, spinning at a speed that sounded like a jet engine taking off.
"What?" Elias muttered, grabbing his mouse. It wouldn't move. He tried to force a shutdown, but the power button was unresponsive. Elias felt a cold sweat break across his neck
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Against his better judgment, he clicked the massive green "Download Now" button. He tried to force a shutdown, but the
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, a music file began to play—a high-pitched, distorted 8-bit chiptune that seemed to vibrate his eardrums. A window popped up with a single button: .