''Terminate program:''


    Dr. Frank Smith, a SETI astronomer, detected an ''alien signal'' while working at home.


    He discovered elaborate layers of complex and interconnected tones as if infinitely regressing.


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    He noted—‘Within the cacophony of static, I can sense rhythmic beats as if there''s a cryptic message.''


    He took a data stick of the ''space music'' to his lab and ran it through an AI for analysis.


    For a moment, nothing happened, but then ...


    Frank heard the signal everywhere—generated by every connected device—vibrating his chair and desk, while he too trembled, as reality pixelated ...


    ''Simulation terminated.''