Elias stared at the progress bar, its green glow illuminating a desk cluttered with empty caffeine cans. It had been stuck at 99% for three hours.
A reply came from a user named Iron_Duke_1066 . No text, just a direct link to a shadowed server in Reykjavik.
Suddenly, the "Request Timed Out" error flashed blood-red. The original host had vanished.