He moved the file to his sandbox and hit ‘Extract.’

The Shrinkers had "ripped" the audio, replacing high-fidelity orchestral scores with 32kbps mono tracks or removing them entirely.

The ground beneath Leo’s feet began to glitch. A texture stretched infinitely, pulling him down. He realized with horror where he was. He wasn't just in a game. He was in a "Highly Compressed" file.