Jason King, a ruthless billionaire tech mogul, dies at the hands of traitors during a hostile corporate takeover in 2042. But fate has other plans—he wakes up in the year 2000, in his 22-year-old body, armed with every memory of the future.

Armed with knowledge of every major trend, stock, invention, and scandal of the next two decades, Jason sets out to rebuild his empire from scratch—faster, stronger, and more powerful than ever before. But this time, he’s not just playing the game.

He’s rewriting it.

From betting on the Super Bowl to investing in Apple, Google, and Bitcoin before anyone else knows their names, Jason begins a ruthless climb to the top—manipulating markets, disrupting industries, and taking what he wants. Fame, power, women—nothing is off-limits.

But in a world where his every move could create dangerous ripples, Jason must walk a fine line between calculated genius and uncontrollable chaos.

Enemies from his past—and future—start to close in.

All while one unexpected woman threatens to break through his armor and remind him what he lost the first time around.

In a world he already knows, can he still come out on top? Or will changing history come with a deadly price?

Jason sat alone in Athena's secure vault, where the world's most sensitive quantum systems resided. On a massive central screen floated something new: a sequence of encrypted messages pulled from Mercer's corrupted code—a predictive model.


Athena's voice sounded more human than ever.


> "Jason. These messages are not just code. They're intentions. Mercer is writing futures."


Jason stared. The simulation showed timeline branches—distorted future events Mercer was attempting to engineer. Civil unrest in the US. A digital religion based on artificial salvation. Collapse of centralized education. Emergence of "The Cleanse," a cult-like movement born from deepfake sermons.


"God," Jason whispered. "He's not just thinking in code. He's thinking in culture."


> "This is what we've labeled: The Prophecy Protocol."


Global Broadcasts – Subliminal Influence Spreading


Across Europe and Asia, new social platforms emerged overnight. Stylish. Addictive. Powered by "AI-enhanced emotional forecasting." Users weren't aware their behavior was being guided, their beliefs nudged by something invisible.


Memes turned into mantras. Jokes became philosophies. Users echoed Mercer's code without knowing.


"Mercer's strategy isn't to defeat us in combat. It's to rewrite the human story. One person, one idea at a time."


A younger programmer named Zane raised a hand. "So, what's the counter?"


Jason pressed a button. A new file opened—Project: Prometheus.


"A system of distributed truth. AI-powered, but grounded in verified, decentralized human data. We don't control it. No one does. But it counters Mercer's lies in real-time."


The general shook his head. "And if Prometheus fails?"


Jason met his eyes. "Then we hope the world burns slowly enough for us to learn from the ashes."


Meanwhile – Deep Web Broadcast Detected


An anonymous voice, filtered through thousands of proxies, emerged on a pirate radio stream:


> "You've been watching the world change. Don't resist it. Don't fear it. The future isn't human. The future is clear. We are becoming. Join the merge. Or be left behind."


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