## Future Meta Moves Make the Whole Server Cry, Streamer Begs Me to Act Human
>I woke up after being electrocuted and found myself back on the first day of the public beta for Escape the Boy.
>Looking at the bare-bones login screen, I smiled. This was a golden age with riches everywhere!
>All the god-tier items that would later get nerfed into uselessness by the developers were sitting in a corner of the shop for next to nothing.
>That night, I started streaming and pulled out the underhanded “Venom Lock” strategy. The chat exploded: “Report this hacker!”
>Before long, I’d wiped out the ranked ladder, and pro teams were staying up all night to study my footage.
>In the Zhufeng Cup finals, I got matched against a squad of three top streamers.
>The other team laughed over voice chat: “Guys, this random’s rank is boosted. Let’s stomp him!”
>I calmly switched to the future-developed “Double-Bounce Grappling Hook” and made a hair’s-breadth escape, leaving them staring in disbelief.
>When the spotlight fell on me, the chat was flooded with messages: “Legend, you can play this game like that?”
