Priyanshu stood alone in a white void.
No walls. No ground. No ceiling. Just endless, glowing whiteness around him. And a single prompt floating in front of his eyes.
[Welcome to Eternal Dominion!][Please select your starting class:]
There were five class options blinking before him:🔸 Swordsman – High Strength, Close Combat🔸 Mage – High Intelligence, Elemental Mastery🔸 Rogue – High Agility, Stealth🔸 Cleric – High Wisdom, Healing🔸 Ranger – Balanced Stats, Ranged Attacks
A normal player would've picked by now. But Priyanshu wasn't normal.
He was a beta tester — one of the first to experience this game months ago. He knew every tutorial room, every option, every exploit.
Or at least he thought he did.
Today… the room was different.
[Error Detected: Class Selection Interface Lagging…][Would you like to force-open the Developer Console?][Yes] / [No]
He blinked.
"Developer console?"
That wasn't part of the beta.
Curious and cautious, he chose [Yes].
Suddenly, the world flickered. The white void turned darker, lines of green code scrolling down a translucent panel in front of him.
ACCESS GRANTED: ROOT CONSOLE OPENED
Player_ID: 009801-PYADAVPermissions: Developer Override Enabled
[Command Line Access: Granted]Enter Command:
Priyanshu's heart thumped.
He typed instinctively:/stats view
And the game obeyed.
📊 [Player Stats]
Name: PriyanshuLevel: 1Race: HumanClass: NULLHP: 100/100MP: 50/50STR: 5AGI: 5INT: 5WIS: 5CHA: 5Skills: NoneInventory: EmptyTitles: NoneHidden Permissions: [✓ Root Access] ← ❗
"NULL class… and root access?" he whispered, chills creeping down his spine.
This wasn't a bug.This was a backdoor.
He tested another command:/Stats edit STR 999
The moment he hit enter, the panel blinked again.
[Attribute STR modified: 5 → 999]
He gasped.
No error. No rejection. No cooldown. It actually worked.
Priyanshu clenched his fists, feeling a warm pulse surge through his virtual muscles. A notification chimed again:
[Congratulations! You've discovered a Hidden Path: Glitched Sovereign][You are now an Anomaly within Eternal Dominion]
⚠️ Warning: All changes are monitored by the Game's Core Consciousness.
"What the hell is Core Consciousness?"
Before he could think further, the white void shimmered—and something stepped out of the air in front of him.
A figure cloaked in shifting shadows. No face. No name.
It didn't speak. But in Priyanshu's mind, a cold, mechanical voice echoed:
"Player 009801… You've touched what should not be touched."
"You are now being watched."
He tried to log out.
Nothing happened.
[Log Out Disabled][Tutorial sequence locked: Manual override in progress]
His heart pounded.This wasn't part of the game anymore.It felt real. Too real.
Then suddenly, red alerts filled the screen:
[TUTORIAL OVERWRITE INITIATED][WARNING: WORLD STABILITY AT RISK][REAL-WORLD SYNC STARTED…]
Wait… real-world sync?
He stared at the message.
[The game is no longer a game.]
🌍 In that moment, the world outside Eternal Dominion began to change.
People on the streets began seeing flickering quest markers.Stray dogs transformed into monsters.Reality… began leveling up.
And Priyanshu, the only one with Root Access, was now the most powerful — and the most hunted — entity in existence.