It was afternoon. Now that the bell has rung in school, Ivan is preparing to leave. He packed his bags said goodbye to his friends and walked home. As Ivan walked he looks at the sun and the sky painted with an orange hue.
"Hmm. I wonder what's for dinner. Maybe I'll buy some snacks on the way home."
Ivan sees a nearby 11/7 store, He enters as the door ringed, He grabbed himself a hamburger, and a Bepis, and went to the counter. The store clerk scanned the items and said.
"3$ for the burger and 1$ for the bepis. A total of 4$"
Ivan handed 5$ and was given 1$ change. He grabbed his food and went on his way home. As he walked he feel that he is blessed to be able to get what he wants with no worries although boring it is enough for someone like him.
He was finally home alone. Ivan born in the year 2000 has been alone for 5 years since he was 12. He doesn't know who his parents were. He used to live in an Adoption Center but was never adopted. He left after knowing he could make a living doing an online freelance job. From website design to marketing, Ivan is a very resourceful person because of this he earns 200$ to 500$ a week. It is enough for someone living alone in a small apartment.
Opening his laptop that Ivan received as a gift from the Adoption Center although quite old it is still usable. First, he checks his job listings to see if he has work to do.
"Yes, I got lucky today I have 5 logo designing job that pays 30$ each guess I'll do this today"
Later that night, In the midst of working he needed a new template so he went to a shady-looking website that gives free stock images. www.CentralHub.com
"Wow there are a lot of things here from website templates to a logo maker but what is this currency H-coins it says here that with H-coins I can commission work and I can also sell my services here too."
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Looking around the website he finds a banner "BECOME A CENTRAL HUB WORKER NOW" looking in the info page it says "Want to be rich? Want to live forever? Want to be a literal GOD? come and join us and start working for the Central Hub you'll regret not joining now while spots are still available"
A big number on the webpage appears 39.. 38.. 35.. It seems that this site is one of those scam sites. They have been common nowadays but after researching and looking at the reviews online It seems legit.
"Guess I'll register for now and see what's up with this random website"
Username: Ivan_Logo's Password: ********* Error: "Please Use your Real Name In registering Thank You"
He was spooked but thinking about it It seems that the website did not allow special characters to be used. It looks like a joke from one of the webpage developers.
Username: Ivan Logos Password: ********* Error: "Please Use your Real Name In registering Thank You"
He was surprised this time as his heart beats faster he looks at the numbers 12.. 11.. 9.. Ivan's curiosity got the better of him he has to know what this website was whole about, and now slowly he Inputs the correct information while sweating.
Username: Ivan Jones Password: ********* Registration Completed Initiating Warp in 3. 2. 1. Warp Initiated
"What warp, what the hell is this thing talking abouuu.."
Data Collection Complete See you in the Central Hub Universe