Trigger Warning: This story contains graphic violence, psychological horror, trauma, manipulation, and deeply unsettling themes. It may be too intense or triggering for some readers. Please proceed with caution.
They thought it was just a game. Neura had other plans.
Six elite players were invited to test a cutting-edge neural system. It looked like a simulation. It felt like a challenge.
Then they found out there are no respawns.
Inside the protocols, pain syncs. Memories resurface. The system adapts. And with every mission, Neura gets smarter.
They don't know who's running it. They don't know how to stop it.
All they know is this: if you break, you're out. If you lose, you don't wake up.
A brutal sci-fi psychological thriller for fans of Black Mirror, Control, and The Hunger Games.
Welcome to the protocols.