In 2028, the global network suddenly collapsed. Not a hacker attack, not a solar storm, but experimental code buried thirty years ago awakening. They crawl out of old servers like viruses, transforming data into physical entities, devouring electricity and twisting the laws of physics. Cities have fallen into "digital silence" one after another, and civilization has regressed back to the pre-information age. The key to all this is hidden deep in the long-forgotten first-generation Internet protocol.
