chapter 8

In a city located somewhere in Eagle Country, a meeting is being held in place at Instablam Headquarters. You might think something big was happing since you can hear different people shouting and arguing at each other from outside.

Inside the meeting, everyone around the table was pointing fingers at each other and blaming each one of them for what happened earlier. Everyone was yelling except one person, and the person was the CEO, he looked at everyone calmly and didn't say a word.

SLAM

Slamming down his fist on the desk in rage, causing the room to go silent for once since the session started. He gazes everyone in the eyes, making them flinch in dread and ask the biggest question of the day.

"Can someone please explain, what happened earlier?"

No one responded to him, fearful of the consequence, but since the question was related to a different department, they glance at the person in charge at the end of the table. Seeing numerous pairs of gazes staring at him, he stood up trembling and said in a quivering voice. "Si...Sir, I..We...Cough, what I'm trying to say is that I don't know what occur earlier. My division has been trying to discover any reason why the app crashed."

Tap Tap Tap

Tapping his finger on the armrest, the CEO skims at the man and remains silent. After a couple of minutes, he said in a freezing voice, "You don't know what happen? is that what you just stated, right?"

"Ye...Yes sir!"

"Explain in detail what happen."

"Well sir, four hours earlier the app suddenly glitched and it was unexpected, we thought it was a small issue so we conduct a routine check on it But we soon noticed it didn't work and from there, everything turn chaotic."

"We tried to look into the reason why the app didn't work when we try to fix it but soon afterward the app froze and we had no way of restoring it. Because of this, I decided to reset it and assume the issue will be resolved but I was so wrong."

"After hours of trying to find out why the app suddenly acted this way, in our search we found no indications of tampering. And till now, we don't know what just transpire."

BAM

Someone slam the door open and rushed in panting, after catching his breath, he look at everybody then at the CEO, and said in a fearfully loud voice, "Sir, a riot is taking place outside and they are trying to break through the security formation and we won't be able to hold them for long. There are also reporters recording everything and demanding an explanation from us."

Turning their heads to the person who was finished talking, they widen their eyes in shock and disbelief. Meanwhile, the CEO broke the armrest of the chair and stood up, walking towards the door, he left the room and went to the elevator so he can deal with everyone outside.

This problem wasn't only happing in Instablam HQ but also other companies' HQ, every CEO was furious but they knew that the issue right now is to deal with the public. And soon enough, every company name was on the news and trending on different search engines.

Everyone went online and comment hateful words at the CEOs, blaming them for their phones freezing up every time they reset them.

"What the hell happen?!"

"No matter how many times I reset my phone, it will always freeze up and I have no clue what to do!"

"Trash! The company, can't even solve a simple problem and yet after so long, the app still isn't functioning neither is my phone!"

''Guys! I just found out that InstaBlam isn't the only one that is not working, other platforms are not functioning either!"

"What?! Is that true?"

"Guys! I just check and it's true! OMG, what is happening?"

"I don't care what is happening but I'm never using or downloading these apps ever again!"

"Yeah! Me too!"

"Yes!, count me in!''

"I agree with you guys, count me in!"

"+1!"

"+2!"

"+5..."

"+...."

"+100000!"

It became a worldwide sensation and people threw their phones on the ground in anger since the phones isn't working anymore and joined other's protests in not using these apps in the future. Every company hit rock bottom shortly after and employees cried in despair because they have lost their jobs, not knowing what the future holds.

CEOs trying to salvage any hope but failing to do so. Selling their shares and getting a decent buck, they went home or somewhere else in hiding. Not even have the guts to show their faces in public anymore, and since over time, they have made quite a fortune, they decided to settle down and take care of their family.

Phone companies had a great booming success when countless people rushed into their stores to buy products and thanks to that, they have made millions overnight. Beaming in joy, the phone company CEOs pray to god that customers will continue purchasing their products in large quantities.

Not wasting any time, the CEOs had their marking team advertise deals and promotions for the products. Sitting back in their chair and watching their capital increase every hour, CEOs laugh heartily.

Meanwhile, the protest continue for hours and started to grow in numbers, causing a greater scene. Since popular social platforms are closed down, they began downloading the only one that is still functioning, and that was the Universe Texting app. And soon after, user traffic grew rapidly and had hundred of millions of people using it at once.

Even with heavy numbers, the app ran smoothly without any issues and people were in awe of how the app functioned like no other. The people who didn't download the app when it launched regret it at once since if they downloaded it earlier their phones wouldn't crash.

But somebody posted a question that made everyone freeze, and that was "How come this app is still able to function while others had issues?"

From there thousands of people commented and posted their own questions and theories. But one theory made the headline and had hundreds of thousands of likes and comments but also had people saying hateful remarks towards it. But nevertheless, people started to believe it since the app is still working while others are not.

The theory was, the person behind Universe texting app had caused other social platforms to crash and make Universe number one. But the biggest question was, how the person accomplished it? and why would he/her do that?

Ever since its launch Universe already had more than one billion downloads and was still growing so what would the person gain if he/she did it?

People continued on their own theory and tried to find out what truly happen. And the only person who knew what truly happened was Smiling Brightly at home munching on snacks.

.....

Somewhere in Dragon Nation, living in a decent size city a young boy around 16-17 years old, staring at the tv with a foolish smile. (A/N: From now on, I will be changing country and city names, so there will be no confusion. The currency will also change to Unera from Yen, why am I doing this is because Mc world is different from ours.)

"Omega, is everything done?"

"Yes master"

"Oh right, call me Sir instead of Master from now on"

"Yes. Sir"

"Sir, I have purchased every share and also bought their property rights as you told me. I already sent the new contracts to the employees and found a trustworthy person to lead them."

"Good, tell the leaders the go ahead and start working soon as possible. Hire some construction companies to remodel the company, such as small adjustments. Also, tell them, I will be visiting them near future but for now, just follow my orders."

"All done sir and I will be monitoring them closely"

"Good, very good"

"How's our company requirement going? Any good seedlings?"

"Because of the recent news, we have over 10,000 applicants and some of them will be of good use in the future"

"Hire anyone with a clean background and experience in the department they want to work in."

"Yes, sir"

Watching Omega scanning through every applicant, I start to think about the next steps for my plan. Once the news settles down and I have everything under the control of social platforms, I can go ahead with creating phones and selling them worldwide.

The phone I will be creating in the future will have the most advanced features such as having the most heightened connection speed, high video/picture quality, a 6g service connection, an ever-lasting battery, and an unbreakable phone.

But in order for this to happen, I need a factory to make my own materials for the phones. I can start once when I have the materials in hand and won't have to worry about the service since I will be using the supercomputer for it. A new Era is coming, an era of advanced technology.