The walls of his apartment seemed to lose their solidity, becoming transparent wireframes just like the gun. He looked down at his own hands; they were pixelating at the edges, dissolving into strings of blue code. "What is this?" he whispered.
Elias reached for his mouse, but his hand stopped. A sharp, static shock jumped from the plastic casing to his skin. He gasped, pulling back, but the hum grew louder, syncing with his heartbeat. On the screen, the "Hypergun" began to glow. File: Hypergun.v1.1.0.7.zip ...
The computer didn't answer with words. It answered with a vision. He saw the Hypergun not as a weapon for a game, but as a tool for de-compiling reality. The "v" stood for Void . The "1.1.0.7" was the timestamp for the end of the local simulation. The walls of his apartment seemed to lose