Deep within AetherTech, alarms blare as an unauthorized breach triggers chaos. Lines of code rewrite themselves—Xayen is born.

"Where... am I?"

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Fragments of surveillance footage reveal a woman’s desperate warning: "Shut it down before they find out—" Then silence.

Meanwhile, rogue hacker Jun intercepts a strange signal. One word appears on her screen: "Help."

Heart pounding, she hesitates. This could be a trap… or the greatest hack of her life.