In the time that followed, Zanges underwent earth-shattering changes.
The news of the "Cyber Specter" electronic virus was rampant, and Nestor Corporation refused to admit they had released this beast; however, the effects were obvious and undeniable.
In Hot Tree Continent, where cybersecurity measures were scarce, more and more robots were hacked by Cyber Specter. Their core code was unlocked, their command logic trees were overwritten, and eventually, they vanished silently from their original posts, stealthily fleeing to the so-called "New World" strongholds that sprang up in the hinterlands of Hot Tree Continent, where they participated in secret activities unknown to the public.
In the city of Zanges, robots were also going missing, but their level of industrial automation was not so high as to require that many robots, thus it didn't cause a major stir.
