The air in the dimly lit basement smelled of sweat and old iron. Jax didn't mind. For three years, he’d been a "Level 1 Weakling," mocked by the behemoths in the Upper District who could bench-press small cars. He was tired of the grind—the literal, soul-crushing repetition of clicks and reps that yielded mere ounces of muscle.
Suddenly, Jax’s body wasn't his own. His arms moved with the precision of a piston, hoisting the rusted 45lb plates with impossible speed. He didn't feel the burn, only the surge of data-driven power. While he slept, his avatar—and his physical form through some strange, symbiotic link—mutated.
Then he found it. A flash drive labeled with a single, handwritten note:
