The page loaded, but differently than he remembered. The usual white and green interface was gone. In its place was a stark, black command line with a single, pulsing folder icon. No menus. No search bar. Just a list of cryptic file names.
His screen refreshed. The download center now showed a new category: www.tp-link/download-center
One caught his eye: FIRMWARE_ARCHIVE_1999_BCE.bin . The page loaded, but differently than he remembered
A chat window popped up. It had no sender ID. Thank you for connecting to Layer Zero. We have been waiting for a bridge since 3500 BC. Your router is now a node. Please do not power cycle. Marco's hands trembled. He yanked the power cord from the router. The page loaded
The normal, boring, beige-and-green support page loaded.