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Inside wasn't code or data. It was a live feed from a camera—his own webcam. But it wasn't the Elias sitting in the chair. It was a view of his room from the ceiling, looking down. In the video, he saw himself staring at the screen. And behind him, stacked from floor to ceiling in the corner of his real room, were cardboard boxes he hadn't noticed when he sat down. File: Pile.Up.Box.By.Box.zip ...

At box one hundred, the tower began to shake. Elias’s palms were sweating. He wasn't just playing a game; he felt the vertigo in his own chest. He dropped the next box. It landed slightly off-center. The entire pillar swayed dangerously. Build until you see. The text at the bottom changed one last