The progress bar crawled across the screen like a digital centipede. 10GB... 15GB... 20GB. As the file finished, a strange prompt appeared, one Leo had never seen before: INITIALIZING SYNC... NEURAL LINK ESTABLISHED.
"Neural link? It’s just a game," Leo muttered, double-clicking the .exe file. Astral Chain Free Download (v1.0.1)
The prompt " Astral Chain Free Download (v1.0.1)" usually appears on sketchy websites promising free versions of Nintendo Switch games. In reality, these "downloads" are often traps for malware or phishing. The progress bar crawled across the screen like
The "Free Download" hadn't given him the game. It had turned his computer into a Gate, and he was the one being tethered. a strange prompt appeared