The pre-order event was over. Nova Night, as it was now being called, had technically come to an end. The numbers were posted, the products announced, and theoretically, people should have been logging off, going to bed, or returning to their normal lives.
But normal had become a relative concept.
Across the world, millions of people sat in front of their screens, unable to look away. The Third Monthly Transparency Report sat open in browser tabs, with the numbers staring back at them with the weight of undeniable reality.
$618 million in monthly revenue.
$38 million earned by a single anonymous creator in thirty days.
5,000 people with access to an ecosystem that generated wealth at scales that made traditional employment look almost quaint.
The emotional divide was stark and growing starker by the hour.
