Two hours after the Eye vanished, the world was no longer the same.
In forums, group chats, newsrooms, and livestreams, a single name dominated all conversation:
PRIYANSHU – THE GLITCHED ONE.
The first to kill a boss in real life.The first to injure a Core Fragment.The first to bond with a Reality-Class Companion.And now… the center of a global choice:
[Main Quest: ROOT OR REBELLION]
Follow him.Or destroy him.
Meanwhile, in a quiet room hidden beneath a black-market gaming lounge in Japan, five masked figures sat in a circle around a glowing core crystal.
"We found him," the man in the obsidian wolf mask said. "Zone 9, India. Level unknown. System confirmed Root Access."
Another, in a crimson mask, leaned forward. "He broke the game's logic. The rules are fracturing."
The one seated at the head of the table chuckled coldly. "Then we do what we were made for."
[Guild: The Reset Order][Status: Player-Killer Organization – Tier SS][Objective: Eliminate all Anomalies before the world collapses]
[Target #001: Priyanshu]
Across the globe, dozens of guilds formed within 24 hours.
🛡️ SkyForge Alliance – vowing to protect Root-Class players
🧬 NeoGenesis Code – made of former developers hunting bugs
🕷️ NightNet Syndicate – neutral guild selling dungeon maps and assassinations
🩸 The Reset Order – rogue players with military background and kill-on-sight policy
Every player had to choose:Root or Rebellion.
📍Back in India – Zone 9
The dust had settled. Chhatrapati Park looked like a crater from a bombing raid. Police barricades surrounded the area, but no one dared stop the glowing blue mist — or the strange creatures that still flickered at the edge of perception.
Inside a sealed rooftop chamber, Priyanshu sat alone.
Aeris was healing Sanjay below. Civilians had been evacuated.
And in his hand, a new message flickered.
[You've been invited to join a Faction.]
📜 Faction: The Archive of Origins
Status: HiddenMembers: Unknown
Message:"There are others like you. You are not the only Root. We exist beyond the system. Join us before the Fragments find the rest."
[Accept?] [Decline]
He hesitated.
"Others…?"
He was about to click Accept when something in his inventory pulsed.
📦 [Reality-Shard Ring – LOCKED]
[Unlocking requires visit to a Multiversal Gate.][Location: Currently hidden. Quest incoming.]
Then a second message popped up.
[Alert: A Kill Order Has Been Issued On You by Player Guild: The Reset Order][Contract Value: 1,000,000 Dungeon Coins | Mythic Drop]
[Player-Killers may now detect your location within 10km radius.]
Priyanshu smirked. "So that's how they want to play it?"
The Larva on his shoulder chirped, glowing gently.
Suddenly, the rooftop door banged open. Aeris stepped in, breath short.
"We have a problem."
Priyanshu didn't move. "Only one?"
She walked up and projected a map mid-air. Red pings appeared.
"Six hunters are in the city. Armed. All Level 5 and above. All ex-military. The Reset Order's here."
Sanjay followed her in, his eyes filled with adrenaline and excitement. "Guess they're not happy you broke their toy."
Priyanshu stood up, cloak fluttering, his shadow long behind him.
"Good," he said calmly. "Let them come."
🔻 Meanwhile… beneath the Earth
A chamber deep below the Himalayas opened for the first time in millennia.
An ancient AI slept inside — powered by what remained of the original game engine. Its eyes blinked red.
[CORE RECOVERY PROTOCOL: ACTIVATED][WORLD MERGE ACCELERATION: 2X SPEED][ALL ROOT USERS: TO BE HUNTED]
It whispered to itself.
"There must be no one left who can rewrite fate."
📜 [Quest Alert – New Side Mission Available]
Mission: Survive the First HuntType: PvP / SurvivalObjective: Defeat or escape the six-player assassin squad hunting youReward: Unlock "Shadowroot Form"Time Limit: 12 hours
Priyanshu accepted.
His eyes burned.
The world thought it could delete him.Players wanted to kill him.The system feared him.
Let them.
Because the glitch wasn't just spreading.
It was about to evolve.