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404: Reality Not Found

A Cyber-Thriller Novel

Synopsis:

Ethan Vale’s life feels… off.

The neon streets of Seoul are as loud and chaotic as ever, but something is wrong. Time skips backward. Strangers repeat the same actions. A frozen drone hangs in midair. Then a message appears on his phone:

	DO NOT TRUST THE UPDATE.

Before he can react, it vanishes.

When faceless enforcers come knocking, Ethan barely escapes—only to find himself hunted by people who shouldn’t exist and receiving messages from a hacker he’s never met. They tell him one thing:

Reality is broken.

And worse?

He’s the only one who can see it.

Now, the more he questions the world around him, the more it glitches. The more he searches for answers, the more dangerous it becomes.

And the deeper he digs… the closer he gets to a truth no one was meant to find.

Something is watching.
Something is waiting.
And if he makes the wrong move… it will erase him.

404: REALITY NOT FOUND

The footsteps stopped just behind him, the air suddenly too thick, pressing against his skin like static. His reflection had vanished, but something else was in the room.

The cursor on his laptop twitched. A new message appeared.

Ethan's throat was dry. The voice that had spoken before—his own voice—was silent now, waiting.

A low, distorted whisper crackled through his speakers.

Ethan squeezed his eyes shut. "No, I—"

"You opened the file. You plugged in the drive. You let me in."

Ethan couldn't take it anymore. He lunged for his laptop, fingers flying over the keyboard, trying to shut down whatever was running.

His reflection reappeared in the screen.

Chapter 5 – The Echo in the Machine