Hacking the Game Didn't Go as Intended

CHAPTER 129: The World Stirs - The Hunt for the Hidden

Chucking the remote aside, the teen paid no mind to his younger brothers who immediately dove after it like Olympic divers, tumbling in a tangled mess.

Once in his room, he tossed his bag carelessly to the side, collapsed onto his bed, and slipped a Tootsie Pop into his mouth. Fishing his phone out of his pocket, he began scrolling through the latest trending articles: Godlike Hacker or the Luckiest Player Alive?, Haxks: Dev or GM in Disguise?, and Enigma of the Century. His finger hovered briefly before settling on The Mysterious Noob! How Do We Find Him? With a faint smirk, he tapped the headline and scrolled straight to the comments section.

[WillyWanka: First! 🤗

Chipper-skipper: So do we have any leads on this guy?

ButtonMasher101: Maybe xiang qiyun has a side chick who managed to get her hands on the master key or some'm 🤔

NoobNugget: Who's Xiang Qiyun?

Respond_R@nger: Who's Xiang Qiyun? Lmao! This moron must have just crawled out from underneath a rock or something 🤣

Vag-Smasher: @NoobNugget: Brah 😦🤯

DarkInvader: @NoobNugget: Bro, Xiang Qiyun is the wizard who made SO! How could you not know this? Do you even play the game?!

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PunIntended: Guys, let's not stray from the main topic—has anyone ever seen this Haxks guy before? Is he a player or npc?

TickleMeElmo: I've been following this guy since he cleared that first lvl 1 hidden dungeon. Since then, he's taken down five field bosses and a named monster. Spread out over a few years, that'd be impressive enough—but in a single day? No way. There's got to be more to this story.

Shellshock99: Wait. Isn't #haxks the same person mentioned in another recent post? Something about him being a scammer and pker?

Scandalbag: Can you drop a link to that post? 🙏

Shellshock99: Here's a hyperlink. You're welcome: «Osten's Post»

Scandalbag: You're kidding! Is that really him in the screenshot? But he's dressed like a noob... and he's out there owning field bosses?!

LOLLord: Pretty sure no npc would name their damn kid Haxks. This guy's evidently a player, and his username is that of a hacker. Mystery solved—bro's obviously found a way to hack the game 🤖

I_Squanched_Your_Mom: Well, I'm not buying it. Aphiniti's way too advanced to let any kind of cheating slide, and the devs have already assured us that SO is hack-proof. Maybe this player has a unique skill—or maybe they stumbled onto a new branch of the game's Main Questline that triggers rare encounters.

HeartS!ayer: Check out the brains on this bloke 🤓

OG0verlord: Instead of throwing around theories, I think we should just ask this bastard in person. He can't just be hogging all the glory for himself; he needs to share the spotlight with the rest of us—and, of course, by us I mean me.

NinjaNoodles: The guilds are pretty riled up right now. My friends are dying to find out who this guy is, you have no idea!

kiSSm@gRITS: Me and my buddies are loading up on potions as we speak. We're gonna spawn-kill this nerd until he spills everything! You turds can stay here chatting away with your thumbs up yer ass 💩🫡

ChuckleChaser: It's kool that everyone wants to interrogate and murder this poor bastard, but does anyone even know where to start looking?

Professor_Farnsworth: GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE! I've figured out Haxks' location in seconds flat. You all should feel honored that I'm sparing even a sliver of my brain cells for your little cause. Four years ago, PunkyBrewster killed the Exiled Hilitroll Chief, remember? They posted about it on Read!t—said it was in the Arcanium Kingdom. There you go! Now, get in line to thank me!