Liam had been notified immediately by Lucy when the unboxing videos from the ten tech reviewers went live.

He took his time to watch all of them individually and he was really satisfied with what he saw.

The first thing he noticed wasn't the devices or the packaging — it was the silence before each reviewer began speaking. The same silence filled all ten videos — that moment of disbelief, of someone staring at something they couldn't comprehend.

He had deliberately instructed Lucy not to include any instruction manuals or setup guides inside the Lucid boxes. He wanted raw and genuine discovery. That was why he had chosen these reviewers specifically. They were curious, methodical and skeptical.

He wanted the world to see their transition — from confusion, to curiosity, to awe. And that was exactly what happened.

Each video followed the same emotional curve. The unboxing began with light sarcasm and professional composure. Then came the laughter — the half-nervous, half-disbelieving kind — and finally, the quiet, breathless shock when the reviewers first wore Lucid.

"Did that just happen?"

Liam chuckled softly at their unified questions.

Lucy's calm voice filled his mind. "The unboxing videos have reached one point two million combined views within the first thirty minutes, Master."

"Show me the comments," he said.

Instantly, the comment feeds from the tech reviewers' YouTube channels scrolled across the screen.

One particular comment thread stood out under Brian's unboxing video.

"What's going on? Why is he so shocked?"

"I have no idea but I think the sunglass he just wore is a legit wearable and it's working."

"A wearable that isn't from one of the big five? And we heard nothing about it? Talk about a fantasy."

"If that's really a wearable from an unknown startup company, then the tech industry is going to experience a paradigm shift."

Liam read through the flood of speculation, with a calm expression on his face.

Though the viewers had no idea what the reviewers had seen or experienced once the device activated, their reactions told them everything they needed to know.

The viewers were extremely curious to know everything but since it was an unboxing video, the tech reviewers couldn't explain anything and they all could only wait.

But that didn't mean that the unboxing videos weren't popular. It was but not to the point of going viral, it was popular.

First, the mysterious delivery method. Like the tech reviewers had said, no courier or delivery van was in sight. And if it was a drone, they saw it heard nothing.

The reason for this is because the mini drones were under cloaking and since they fly silently, there was no way the tech reviewers could had seen or heard anything if the delivery was right in front of them.

Liam watched another video — this time from a European reviewer, a quiet tech analyst known for his clinical detachment.

The man had begun with his usual skeptical tone, dismissing the lack of specifications and manuals as marketing fluff. But when he put on the glasses, his face went completely blank.

For nearly ten seconds, he said nothing. Then, he whispered, "Oh my God."

The comment section erupted instantly at his reaction. The reason for this was because of the tech reviewer's personality and the fact that he's hard to impress, and also very blunt with his reviews. His bluntness was almost to the point of being rude.

As for Liam, he was really happy with the way things were going. He knew the reactions would differ slightly — some stunned, some laughing, some speechless — but all of them shared one thing: authenticity.

And that's what he wanted, as these videos weren't just marketing. They were proof that Lucid wasn't fiction.

Lucy spoke again. "Search activity related to Lucid and Nova is increasing exponentially. Over one hundred thousand unique users are currently querying both names. I've also detected heavy traffic on the official website."

"Good," Liam said softly. "Show me."

A moment later, the unboxing video was with a landing page of Nova Technologies' website.

It was a dark, minimal and almost empty interface with the luminous spiral quasar logo rotating slowly in the center. Beneath it, only four tabs: About, Technology, Privacy, and Preorder.

Lucy continued, "Most visitors are focused on the privacy statement. Some are skeptical, others are fascinated."

He opened the tab himself and read through the text he had drafted himself the next morning after his short visit to the island with David, and others.

"We've seen the questions multiple times, and we understand the concerns. You have every right to ask how something that feels this powerful treats the information that passes through it."

"The answer is simple: Lucid doesn't collect your data. It doesn't upload, sell, or analyze it.

Everything that happens within Lucid — your inputs, your experiences — exists only on your device, processed in real time and erased instantly when you remove it.

What happens in Lucid, stays in Lucid."

"We believe that technology should enhance humanity, not harvest it. You are not the product. You are the participant."

"Our mission is to end the era of surveillance-based technology — permanently.

No ads. No tracking. No third-party scripts. No compromise."

"Nova doesn't need your data to improve Lucid. The device learns from you, not about you."

"That's not a slogan. It's a promise."

Liam leaned back, still reading the final lines, remembering how the industry treats users' privacy as a selling point, not a principle.

He remembered when Lucy had asked him if she should retrieve data from users and he told her no. The truth was that he has no need for the data. Lucid was nothing but a gaming device for now, and for such reasons, he doesn't need data.

While Liam continued reading, new updates poured in.

Dozens of users clicked Preorder, expecting some absurd figure — five thousand, maybe even ten. Instead, what they saw was a shockingly small price tag of $700.

The reactions were instant on some forums.

"That has to be a typo."

"Seven hundred? No way."

"I was ready to mortgage my soul, not just my savings."

"Either this is the biggest scam ever or the best deal in human history."

And then he saw the counter: 959 remaining units.

Within minutes, he posted screenshots of his pre-order, the release date and delivery date— which is in a week, and chaos erupted across social media. People rushed to the site, hammering the preorder button.

One minute later: 937 units. By the twenty-fifth minute mark, the counter hit 47. And at the thirty-one-minute mark, it went gray.

Sold Out.

The first batch of Lucid was gone.

At that very moment, the tech reviewers posted the links to their livestream rooms on the web app Lucy built for the third-party viewing of streams.

The more than 900 individuals that made the pre-order and everyone else immediately clicked on the links. And in matter of minutes, the ten livestream rooms had a culminative 1m viewers.

Liam switched the display to a multiview grid, showing all ten livestreams at once. Each reviewer's face was visible in a small frame — some excited, some nervous, but all of them visibly overwhelmed.

As the countdowns ended, the screens came alive.

"Alright, we're live," Brian said to his audience of 158,000. "You guys saw the unboxing this morning. Now, we're diving in."

Each reviewer began explaining what they experienced right from the moment they put on the device, from the neurosync, the retina scan, the user profile creation, the avatar and the AI assistants.

The comment sections erupted into chaos.

"Wait, they're seeing things in real space? No headset?"

"He's moving his hands but there's nothing there!"

"Bro, this looks too real. It can't be CGI."

In matter of minutes, screenshots and clips flooded every platform. Viewers screen-recorded moments, shared snippets on social media, and tagged friends with disbelief.

By the first thirty minutes, the cumulative viewership passed three million. By the next hour, it hit ten million.

Trending tags flooded across every network: #Lucid, #NovaTech, #Neurosync, #FutureOfGaming.

And the storm began as tech influencers who hadn't been selected caught wind of what was happening. Some were furious, others were jealous but they were all desperate to get their hands on a unit.

But their emotions mattered not, as the viewers continued increasing and the tags trended even more. Before the end of the second hour of the streams, the cumulative viewership passed 50m. The world's governments and corporations around the world finally noticed that something was amiss.

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