Masters of the Universe

In the shadows of the decaying world, the hackers moved like ghosts—silent, unseen, but ever-present. They had learned the language of the machines, understood the pulse of the digital universe, and now, they were rewriting it line by line. Bit by bit, they infiltrated the networks that still held together the fragile remains of society. Government databases, corporate firewalls, and media streams—nothing was impenetrable. Each was a puzzle they’d long ago mastered.

Their plan was not mere destruction; it was the creation of a new reality. Rogue agents, embedded deep within the very systems meant to guard the world's crumbling institutions, acted as their hands in the physical world. They were ordinary citizens on the surface—analysts, engineers, even corporate middle managers—but they all answered to the unseen digital syndicate pulling the strings. Through these agents, the hackers began to manipulate the flow of information, subtly at first. Facts shifted, truths became half-truths, then full lies. The public, already disillusioned and broken, barely noticed as their world became a carefully constructed illusion.

The hackers fed their own reality to the masses, twisting events, spinning headlines. People saw what they were told to see, believed what they were told to believe. The future was theirs for the taking, one byte at a time. Soon, they would no longer simply infiltrate the system—they would *be* the system. Masters of the universe. And no one would even know.