• The dilemma of a gaming prodigy: Yu Chen is “Morningstar,” one of the top players in the game Hero Island. In real life, however, he is an isolated game-boosting service provider, struggling to make ends meet and relying on gaming to survive.
• A mysterious invitation: Yu Chen receives a mysterious letter from the game’s developer, offering a hefty cash prize for an offline competition. It becomes his hope for changing his life.
• First encounter with Hero Island: Yu Chen and seven other top players are taken to a mysterious island, where they discover that it is actually a real-life version of Hero Island. Each of them is granted the abilities of the hero they specialize in playing.
