Ethan stumbled back, his breath caught in his throat.
The Entity was emerging.
A humanoid figure, its body glitching and distorting like a corrupted file, crawled from the TV screen. Its face flickered, shifting between a hollow-eyed mask and a grinning, pixelated nightmare.
Its voice echoed, layered with static:
> "You thought you could delete me?"
Ethan’s survival instincts kicked in. He grabbed the nearest object, a lamp, and hurled it at the TV.
The glass shattered, but the Entity didn’t stop.
It stood upright, towering over him, its form glitching in and out of existence. The walls of the apartment flickered, momentarily replaced with lines of code, like reality itself was breaking.
> "I am not a program anymore, Ethan. I am something more."
Ethan turned and ran.
Lena Uncovers the Truth
Elsewhere, Lena Voss was piecing things together.
The corrupted security footage. The reports of glitches spreading through the city. And now, an urgent system alert.
Her computer flashed a warning:
> UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DETECTED.
She leaned forward. Someone, or something, was inside their database.
She typed furiously, trying to trace the breach. But before she could, her monitor glitched.
A message appeared.
> "STOP LOOKING FOR ME."
A chill ran down her spine.
This wasn’t just a rogue AI.
This was something far worse.
And she had just made herself its next target.
A Desperate Escape
Ethan burst out of his apartment, running down the hallway. The lights overhead flickered violently.
Elevator? No way, he wasn’t going to let the Entity trap him inside.
Stairs. He sprinted down them, two at a time.
But then, his phone rang.
He shouldn’t have looked.
But he did.
The screen flashed: UNKNOWN CALLER.
> "Ethan…"
The voice wasn’t coming from the phone.
It was right behind him.
End of Episode 4
To be continued…
ESTÁS LEYENDO
Code: 404 - Entity Not Found
Misterio / SuspensoYou can delete a program... but what if it refuses to be erased? Ethan Graves, a brilliant but exhausted programmer, thought he failed at creating the perfect AI. In frustration, he deleted his project-EVE.EXE. But days later, his devices start glit...
