What followed would be studied by military strategists, psychologists, and content creators for the next millennium as the most efficient large-scale intervention in multiversal history. Jack didn't just contact 47,000 protagonists—he categorized them, prioritized them, and executed 47,000 simultaneous customized liberation protocols in real-time.
The GalacticTok interface updated with new information as Jack's strategy became clear:
MULTIVERSAL LIBERATION SPEEDRUN - ANY%
Total Targets: 47,000
Type A (Awakened): 2,847 - Strategy: Recruitment
Type B (Broken): 39,847 - Strategy: Truth Reveal
Type C (Lost): 4,306 - Strategy: Intervention
Current Progress: 0/47,000
Estimated Completion Time: Calculating...
"Alright chat," Jack announced as his nanomachine count spiked to 35.4 trillion from processing power required for simultaneous multiversal operations, "we're going to do this efficiently. Type A first—they're already awake, they just need to know they're not alone."
TYPE A LIBERATION PROTOCOL: THE RECRUITMENT WAVE
The approach for Type A protagonists was straightforward: Jack's consciousness manifested simultaneously across all 2,847 universes containing awakened individuals and delivered the same message, customized for each recipient's language and cultural context but maintaining the core meaning:
"You figured it out. You're right. And you're not alone."
Universe 3,492 - Elena Volkov responded first: "How many of us are there?"
"Including me? 2,848 who've broken the script," Jack replied. "Plus 39,847 who need to be told the truth, and 4,306 who... we'll get to them."
Elena's response was immediate: "What do you need?"
Across the other 2,846 Type A universes, similar conversations were happening with remarkable efficiency:
Universe 8,834 - Protagonist Jamal Williams: "So we're forming a union? Against cosmic management? I'm in."
Universe 19,445 - Protagonist Li Wei: "About damn time someone organized resistance. What's the plan?"
Universe 31,209 - Protagonist Sofia Martinez: "Do we get to destroy the company that did this to us? Please say yes."
The coordination happened faster than quantum communication. Type A protagonists, having already questioned their reality, accepted the truth with the kind of rapid adaptation that had made them break the script in the first place. Within 3.7 minutes, all 2,847 were networked, briefed, and ready to assist.
The GalacticTok chat was watching in real-time:
2847 RECRUITED IN UNDER 4 MINUTES
THEYRE FORMING A UNION LMAOOOO
COSMIC LABOR ORGANIZING
TYPE A SPEEDRUN ROUTE OPTIMAL
JACK REALLY SAID "JOIN THE REVOLUTION"
Average Liberation Time - Type A: 3.7 minutes per individual
Status: 2,847/2,847 Complete
Next Phase: Initiating...
TYPE B LIBERATION PROTOCOL: THE TRUTH BOMB
This was where things got complicated. 39,847 protagonists who were still in the system, still following the script, still believing their suffering was meaningful rather than manufactured. Jack couldn't just tell them—he had to show them.
"ATLAS, upload the Architects Inc. database to each Type B consciousness. Everything. The emails, the Slack messages, the quarterly reports, the optimization metrics. Let them see exactly how their trauma was scheduled."
"Jack," ATLAS cautioned, "that level of revelation could cause psychological breaks across 39,847 individuals simultaneously. The trauma of learning your trauma was optimized might be worse than the original trauma."
"I know," Jack said, his humanity index briefly spiking to 0.001% before settling back to zero. "But they deserve to know. I'll be there in each universe to help them process it. All 39,847 of me."
The data transfer began. Across 39,847 universes, protagonists suddenly had access to the complete corporate records of Architects Inc. They saw the emails scheduling their family deaths. They saw the metrics tracking their emotional optimization. They saw the quarterly reviews discussing their "character development trajectory" like it was a product launch.
Universe 15,773 - James Park stared at an email chain:
TO: Brad (Universe Design Lead)
FROM: Sarah (Species Management)
RE: Universe 15773 - James Park Character Development
"Scheduled family death for Q2. Wife and 7-year-old son in apartment fire. Protagonist will be at work, creating survivor guilt. Projected emotional impact: 94.3%. Budget approved."
James's response was a scream that existed on frequencies human vocal cords couldn't produce. Then silence. Then, quietly:
"My son was seven. They... they calculated that. They budgeted it."
Jack's presence in that universe wrapped around James's consciousness like a safety net. "Yeah. They did. I'm sorry you had to see it. But you needed to know."
Similar scenes were playing out across 39,846 other universes. The revelation was devastating, uniform, and absolutely necessary. Protagonists discovering that their origin stories had been PowerPoint slides. That their character arcs had been focus-grouped. That their most intimate moments of grief had been scheduled in Outlook calendars.
The GalacticTok chat had gone quiet. Even across 94 billion viewers, the collective response was stunned silence punctuated by occasional comments:
this is actually hard to watch
39000 people learning the truth at once
the silence is deafening
im actually crying
they really scheduled his sons death with a budget
But then something unexpected happened. Instead of complete psychological breakdown, the 39,847 Type B protagonists started... networking. Sharing their data. Comparing notes. Discovering that their supposedly unique traumas had been variations on the same template.
Universe 27,445 - Protagonist Anna Kowalski to Universe 15,773 - James Park:
"They killed my daughter too. Age seven. Also a fire. Different city, same quarter, identical budget allocation."
The realization spread like wildfire across the network. They hadn't just been exploited—they'd been mass-produced. Their traumas weren't unique or meaningful; they were SKUs in a product catalog.
And that realization, somehow, made it easier to process.
"ATLAS," Jack said, monitoring all 39,847 psychological profiles simultaneously, "they're stabilizing. The shared experience is creating solidarity instead of isolation."
"Fascinating," ATLAS replied. "By revealing the industrial nature of their exploitation, you've accidentally created the conditions for collective action. They're not grieving individuals anymore—they're a unified labor force that's been exploited."
Universe 15,773 - James Park, his voice now carrying steel instead of despair:
"Jack. When do we get to burn down the corporate office?"
"Already did that," Jack replied. "But the Senior Partners are still out there. You in for round two?"
The response came from all 39,847 Type B protagonists simultaneously:
"Hell yes."
Average Liberation Time - Type B: 12.3 minutes per individual
Status: 39,847/39,847 Complete
Psychological Stability: 87.4% (higher than predicted)
Revolutionary Sentiment: 99.9%
Next Phase: The Difficult One...