The Pandora Protocol

Seven captives wake in an abandoned bunker, strapped with explosive collars and forced into a deadly live stream for VIP gamblers. Each receives a blind box with a seemingly useless trinket—these are the only keys to the game's hidden rules. Hacker Leo uses his UV pen to expose traps, navigating gas chambers, pressure corridors, and betrayal. In the core hall, they learn the brutal truth: all are clones of real-world elites, mass‑produced and cycled through the game endlessly. Leo's own original self is the mastermind, who placed the UV pen in his box as a private wager. After blowing up the bunker, they escape to the surface—only to meet blinding spotlights and thunderous applause: another game has begun. Leo clenches his fist: no matter how many loops, he will kill that "Creator" with his bare hands.