The chip had been the one thing that had kept the inhabitants of Amethyst City functioning. It had the power to glue its societies together in ways its own governing body hadn't for a very long time.

One morning, a little known entity originating from planet EL-474 crash landed at the heart of the city which had contained this CPU, with an experiment of its own which it had only dreamt about until now. It had made the fundamental mistake which had caused the malfunction.

It had tampered with the database with its ability to warp anyone's heads into thinking their own closest friends hadn't existed after all. Anyone who had set foot to try and eliminate the cause of disruption quickly realized the mysterious thing could overpower them. Whatever reward that might have been in store for their troubles was likely to be their death, if all had failed.