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Echoes of Tomorrow - A Holozing Inspired Story

28 Nov 2024 19 minute read 4 comments PVM

There's always a different perspective about how we see our world. PV preferred to call his home dystopian, while the rest were saying they now live in a post-apocalyptic world. There was so much to explore, but for the little boy... the bio-dome was...

Pression Power (ATH-PT2)

26 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

Ramping up   At first, everything seemed ideal. Alys was placed in a luxurious environment, where a medical team and nutritionists looked after her well-being. Her investors wanted to maximize their return: the healthier she was, the higher the valu...

Alys human token (part 1)

25 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

Alys choice   Alys was 23 when she made a decision that would turn her life upside down. Coming from a modest family, she was struggling to make ends meet in an economy where shitcoins (low-value cryptocurrencies) rule precarious employment. When she...

sparks and expanding hope

23 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

The Hope faction emerged in the underworld of Cryptonoria, where daylight never broke through. One of the first founding groups was called “Guardians of the Flame”, led by a former hacker known by the pseudonym Aurora-01. She had discovered the mecha...

cynicism and the dark ages

21 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

Members of the High Spheres embody both extreme cynicism and a perverse form of personal utopia. While unscrupulously exploiting the masses, they maintain the illusion of a harmonious society where everyone has their place. For them, Cryptonoria repr...

Fascination

20 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

Although members of the High Spheres live in an ultramodern world, some retain a nostalgic fascination for the old world. They collect artifacts and relics salvaged by nomads from the ruins of vanished civilizations. These objects are seen as symbols...

Genesis Control

17 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

Genesis, Cryptonoria's central artificial intelligence, is the company's invisible conductor. This AI examines each new arrival, assessing his or her aptitudes and personality to place him or her in a role where he or she will be most useful to socie...

Virtual Worlds and Manipulation

16 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

The High Spheres are the architects of metavers, the digital universes in which a large part of the population now finds employment, leisure and even education. Originally conceived as a means of escape from the harsh realities of the city, metavers...

Elite life

13 Nov 2024 1 minute read 1 comment crywork

Cryptonoria is not run by a traditional government. At the top of the social hierarchy reigns a secretive and powerful elite known as the High Spheres. Made up of crypto-billionaires, metaverse designers and virtual industry tycoons, this caste has c...

Revolution and Heritage

12 Nov 2024 1 minute read 0 comments crywork

One day, a former Miner, mysteriously banished from the cult, makes a crucial revelation: a hidden program called G-0 has apparently been created by the founders to give certain members access to an untapped bitcoin reserve. However, it can only be a...