His fate is held in the grip of code, but he means to shake the world. Shen Xingyuan, a former game designer frustrated by his career, is unexpectedly bound to the NPC role by the “Evolution Era” AR system. Behind the daily tasks he repeats by rote lies a cruel reset trap. While delving into the code, he finds a mysterious “script chip” and, for the first time, breaks free of the plot's confines. No longer at anyone's mercy, he uses his designer's instincts to turn the tables in one side quest after another. In secret, he recruits player captain Luo Qingyan and battle-hardened ally Mei Qingyu, forming the “Unbound Guild” and vowing to break the shackles of their predetermined roles.
But just as victory comes into sight, they face the deadliest betrayal of all: senior leader Xiao Mochen sells out his comrades to seize an enhancement buff, and the guild's headquarters falls in an instant. Leading his battered survivors into the “Source Code Instance,” Shen Xingyuan discovers that everything has been a trial set by an ancient god. Only by tearing fate apart completely can they uncover the truth. The gates of the Judgment Tower swing open with a thunderous roar, and Rewrite Mode awakens. Using code to rewrite the world's laws, he joins forces with the NPC alliance and the players for a life-or-death showdown before the Core of Destruction.
At last, when the System's rules crumble to ash, the NPCs see the light of freedom for the first time. But Shen Xingyuan must become the sole bridge between reality and the virtual world. Can he lead the two worlds into a new order? His journey to turn the tables and command the world is only just beginning…
