Chapter 1: The Cheat Code of Destiny
Rishi Mehta was never ordinary—but not in the way he had hoped. From the moment he was born, he was taller and sturdier than other children. By age six, he looked like he was ten. By fourteen, some teachers mistook him for a new P.E. coach. His snow-white patch of hair at the front didn't help either. While elders chuckled and called him a "wise old man reborn," his classmates were crueler—Old Man Rishi,Albino Gorilla,Grandpa Hulk.
Yet, he never let it break him.
Rishi was kind to everyone, even those who bullied him. He helped carry bags for elderly neighbors, tutored failing classmates in math, and often shared his lunch with stray dogs that gathered near the school fence. Deep down, though, he nurtured a secret wish—a dream to be hacked into greatness, just like the characters in the video games he played late into the night.
In the world of games, Rishi was unstoppable. He knew all the cheat codes, shortcuts, and exploits. He didn't crave competition—he craved control. To take a broken character and make it godlike with a single "trainer" program—that was power. Real life, though, had no F1 key. No infinite health. No one-hit kills.
Or so he thought.
College Days Begin
Rishi had just entered Horizon Tech Institute, a sprawling modern college known for engineering and gaming development. Here, people didn't laugh at his size; in fact, a few even asked him for gym tips. His white hair was seen as cool by some of the girls—especially the anime fans who thought he looked like an overpowered sensei.
He had made a few friends—Aarav, a sarcastic code monkey; Neha, a martial arts geek with fire in her eyes; and Divya, a quiet but brilliant girl who seemed to know too much about quantum physics for her own good.
Life was looking up.
Until the sky cracked open.
The Portal Event
It happened on a normal Tuesday. Rishi and his friends were walking out of the Computer Graphics lab when the ground trembled. A deep hum filled the air, like the Earth's core had begun to sing. Above the college courtyard, the sky shimmered like broken glass—and then it split wide open.
A swirling vortex of violet light formed, growing like a blooming flower. Students screamed. Phones flew into the air. The portal pulsed once… twice… and then—
BOOM!
A massive digital screen—dozens of meters wide—descended from the sky like a judgment tablet. On it, glowing golden letters formed:
"DIMENSIONAL AWAKENING COMMENCED."
"YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR INTER-WORLD CONVERGENCE.""UNLOCKING INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS.""POWER ALLOCATION INITIATED."
Suddenly, every student felt a surge in their body. Rishi clutched his chest as a glowing UI appeared in front of him—just like in his games.
Name: Rishi MehtaClass: UndefinedTier: SSSS+Special Ability Unlocked: TRAINER – The Cheat Code of RealityYou may now manipulate your reality through game-like trainer functions.
He blinked. What the hell?
Then a pop-up opened—familiar and terrifying:
[Trainer Menu Activated][Options: God Mode | Unlimited HP | Unlimited MP | Max Stats | Skill Copy | Item Duplication | Money Hack | Teleport | Save/Load World State | Time Freeze | No Clip]
He wasn't just awakened.
He was the admin of reality.
Powers Unleashed
All around him, chaos erupted. One boy flew into the sky with laser eyes. Another transformed into a molten rock beast. A girl screamed and turned into pure lightning. Powers had been granted like candies at a festival—everyone had something.
Neha could now summon flame blades from thin air. Aarav got a Green Lantern-style energy forge. Divya could bend gravity itself.
But Rishi? He could cheat reality.
Curious, he tapped "Max Stats." His body glowed—his strength multiplied a hundredfold. A floating bench next to him accidentally brushed his arm and exploded into splinters. His senses sharpened. He could hear a pigeon land two buildings away. His heart rate dropped to a steady 30 bpm. Calm. Deadly.
Then he clicked "Skill Copy."
A window opened. A list of nearby people's powers flooded in:
[Copy: Flame Blades (Neha)][Copy: Gravity Manipulation (Divya)][Copy: Energy Forge (Aarav)][Copy: Phase Teleportation (Unknown)][Copy: Chrono Drift (Unknown)]
He tapped them all.
"Cheater detected," a robotic voice muttered in his head—but it was too late.
His body surged again. Five different abilities now flowed within him.
But the trainer wasn't done.
[Would you like to activate: Infinite Money IRL?]→ YES | NO
Rishi hesitated… then grinned."YES."
New World, New Rules
By evening, the city was in chaos. The portal had opened in other parts of the world too. Monsters poured out in some areas. Strange, futuristic towers emerged from the earth. Governments failed to understand the phenomenon—some collapsed within days.
Those who awakened were called Ascendants.
And Rishi? He became known in underground forums as the "Code Sovereign."
A mysterious masked figure had stopped a monster attack by freezing time and disassembling the creature like a model kit. He had created money from thin air in front of ATMs. Some said he could teleport to any corner of the planet. Others believed he was no longer bound by death.
But no one knew it was Rishi. Not even his closest friends.
Twist of Destiny
Yet, there was one warning in his Trainer that wouldn't go away:
WARNING: USING TRAINER IN EXCESS MAY ATTRACT THE "ANTI-CHEAT PROTOCOL."Some beings are not bound by your hacks. They will come. And they will judge.
In his dreams, he began to see them—figures cloaked in glitching black robes, with red eyes and broken halos. They whispered in ancient binary.
"You were never meant to win this way."
But Rishi didn't care.
He was done playing fair.
To Be Continued…
In this new world where magic met machines, where monsters walked with men, and where codes rewrote destiny—Rishi Mehta, the once-bullied "old man," had become the most dangerous anomaly of them all.
The god of hacks had logged in.