In a near-future world dominated by powerful internet monopolies and AI-driven surveillance, you play as Max Byte, a rogue data analyst who discovers a conspiracy hidden deep within the encrypted layers of a new protocol, QUIC. As you traverse through dark web forums, engage with eccentric hackers, and decrypt coded messages, you'll need to make choices that affect the flow of the narrative and the fate of the digital realm. Trust will be scarce, and allies will be few, as you navigate a web of lies and betrayal to expose the truth behind QUIC's mysterious origins and its creators' hidden agenda. With each decision, you unravel more about yourself and what it means to be connected in a world that threatens to sever its ties.