"The Imaginary Domain has restarted? What kind of ancient scam message is this?" Topaz took out her phone and logged into a popular social media site on the Interastral Peace Network.
To her surprise, all ten trending topics were related to the Imaginary Domain. She could not help remarking:
"That's ridiculous. Did hackers force all these topics to the top? Are these sites' cybersecurity departments just sitting around doing nothing?"
"Heh, unfortunately, only the top entry was pinned there. The rest are genuinely trending as the news spreads."
The young man with white hair and rather dark skin spoke.
"So the Imaginary Domain really has restarted."
Topaz sounded certain. After all, if it had not, it could not have attracted so much attention, and the Strategic Investment Department's Ten Stonehearts would not have been called to an emergency meeting.
"That's right. It doesn't matter who the hacker is. They only hacked a website, not the company's systems. Plenty of people in the galaxy could do that.
"What matters is that someone built a Deep Dive Device to test it, and it's a fact that they could log into the Imaginary Domain."
Opal, who looked just like a little boy, crossed his legs and spoke in a slightly childish voice.
The Deep Dive Device was something Siskal had invented to synchronize people's nerves with the Imaginary Domain. To allow mass production, its technology was not particularly complicated.
Recreating it was extremely simple, much like mass-producing phones.
"Diamond isn't going to have us invest in the Imaginary Domain, is he? The Imaginary Domain is already fully developed. All you need to log in is a Deep Dive Device. What bargaining chips do we have that could interest that World-Weaver?"
The speaker was a woman with long red hair.
Diamond was the head