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Against his better judgment, he ran a script to decrypt it. The monitor flickered. The familiar Windows desktop dissolved, replaced by a streaming command-line interface.

Elias realized with horror that the file wasn't trying to steal his files; it was trying to map itself onto his brain through his high-definition VR neuro-rig, which he had left plugged in. Archivo de Descarga 95ADC8FB2100046432A171224CF...

Elias looked at the file icon again. It was gone. Instead, a new, massive file now occupied his screen. Against his better judgment, he ran a script to decrypt it

> AUTHORIZATION: SUCCESSFUL > WELCOME, ELIAS. > PROJECT CHIMERA 90% DEPLOYED. Against his better judgment

Curiosity, mixed with a cold dread, made him hover his mouse over it. A tooltip appeared: