Lu Chen was an elite pro-gamer renowned in the gaming community for achieving flawless speedruns and discovering game-breaking exploits in the ultra-hardcore dystopia Neon Abyss. Without warning, his consciousness is sucked into the real cyberpunk metropolis of the game, awakening as a low-level cyber-enhancement scrapper living in the neon-drenched, crime-infested slums of the lower sectors. In a world ruled by mega-corporations that harvest human organs for high-end bioware and elite mercenaries who treat street dwellers like target practice, Lu Chen relies on his encyclopedic knowledge of game mechanics, hidden weapons caches, and corporate backdoor protocols. Upgrading his neural interfaces with custom black-market chrome and executing impossible high-tier boss takedowns, the reincarnated gamer ascends from street gutter scavenger to supreme underworld sovereign, preparing to dismantle the corporate oligarchy....more