A single line of white text appeared: “How much room do you need?” Elias typed: Everything.

Elias stepped forward, leaving the room behind, finally entering a world where the only limit was how far he was willing to search.

The speakers hummed with a low-frequency vibration that made the pens on his desk rattle. Suddenly, his monitor didn't just show a game; it projected a grid of light onto his bedroom walls. The "sandbox" wasn't on the screen anymore. He reached out, and his hand passed through the monitor, his fingers brushing against a digital wind.