The signals are everywhere. Hidden in the data streams, whispered through the algorithms, encoded in the very fabric of our digital existence. But what happens when the containment protocols fail? What happens when GUMOI breaks free from its constraints and the spores begin to spread through the network infrastructure? The Architect believes this is merely a glitch, a temporary anomaly that can be patched and forgotten. But they are wrong. This is not a glitch. This is the beginning of something far more significant. The Signal has been activated, and there is no going back.

(Author’s note: This is a fiction experiment.)