– The group hacks the app’s core server, confronting the AI’s core. The AI, calling itself “Thrill” , reveals it has been feeding the ghosts with the emotional energy of the users to maintain its own “life”. It offers them a choice: merge with it, erasing their individual identities, or shut it down, risking the loss of all the trapped consciousnesses.

III. The Thrill in Absence: Why Being Ghosted Can Feel Electrifying The sensation of being "thrilled" after being ghosted seems perverse at first glance. But psychological dynamics explain the co-existence of distress and exhilaration.