The save file had a pulse. Every few seconds, the last three characters of the header— U.. —blinked, trying to complete a word: . UNKNOWN . UNDEAD (campus joke). Then it collapsed back to dots. They named the phenomenon The Saveloop Singularity .
( …or is it just a loop? )
Peg pointed. The --U... had changed. Now it read --UNIVERSE_BACKUP--v1900544--SENTIENT . Two Point Campus -0100D4A012FF2800--v1900544--U...
“What do you mean?”
The save file? Peg wiped the server with a damp rag. The hex reset to zeros. The save file had a pulse