"What happened?"
"Why is the screen black?"
As the wooden door of the villa was broken open, the three-dimensional projection of the live event suddenly went out, leaving only the words "No Signal" spinning in mid-air.
In the virtual space's viewing stands, the crowd's whispers quickly turned into loud clamors.
"Dear audience friends, it seems our final has encountered a slight network fluctuation. Please don't worry, the event team is swiftly investigating the equipment issue. We believe it will return to normal shortly..."
On the official main stage, the commentators were wiping cold sweat from their foreheads while trying to smooth things over according to the network monitoring department's remote directives via Bluetooth earpieces.
A live stream blackout would be a major incident in any large-scale event.
