Out of Bounds: Hatching the Apocalypse

Jevro wakes up coughing blood. As the notoriously pathetic mob character of the VRMMO Zhalmora, he is scripted to die in the prologue, tearfully handing the legendary World-Eater Egg to the chosen hero. Not today. Armed with a rusted tuning fork and an encyclopedic knowledge of speedrun exploits, Jevro clips through his deathbed, pockets the egg, and leaves the 'hero' empty-handed. But the chosen one, Tarsian, is actually a reincarnated top-tier player furious that a cheeky NPC is hijacking his perfect playthrough. Bound to a useless tuning fork affinity that deals exactly one damage, Jevro must rely on physics glitches to shatter collision boxes and sequence-break his way to the top. However, his reality-breaking antics reveal a terrifying secret Tarsian was hiding: the entire world is on an unannounced thirty-day countdown to server deletion. With a grumpy ancient dragon on his shoulder, a tsundere elven princess demanding answers, and a deadly rival forced to play along, Jevro must race against the clock. Can a glitch-abusing underdog sequence-break an apocalypse, or will the server wipe them out before he skips to the final boss?