Rise of the Cheat User
Sun Ran was born in the slums and became an exceptionally talented game hacker, using different identities and illegal cheats to move freely through multiple virtual worlds. His luck ends when an Enforcer exposes him, ejects him from the virtual world system, and leaves him facing a crushing debt of 900 million in the real world. To pay i
Synopsis
Sun Ran was born in the slums and became an exceptionally talented game hacker, using different identities and illegal cheats to move freely through multiple virtual worlds. His luck ends when an Enforcer exposes him, ejects him from the virtual world system, and leaves him facing a crushing debt of 900 million in the real world. To pay it back, Sun Ran makes a deal with the Central Intelligence system and changes sides. Now working as an Enforcer, he uses the same knowledge that once made him a master cheater to track down Destroyers—players who exploit virtual worlds and threaten their stability.
Rise of the Cheat User is a Chinese sci-fi fantasy manhua about a professional game cheater forced to become the system's law enforcer. Sun Ran's knowledge of exploits, player behavior, virtual identities, and hidden mechanics lets him confront other cheaters on their own terms. The series moves through different virtual worlds with changing genres and rules, combining action, strategy, game logic, mythological references, and futuristic technology around a protagonist whose greatest weapon is knowing how systems can be broken.
21 Chapters
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The series flips the usual cheat-player fantasy by making its protagonist a former expert cheater who is forced to police people like himself. Sun Ran already understands exploits, virtual-world logic, hidden rules, and the mentality of rule-breakers, so his advantage comes from technical knowledge and deception rather than simple level grinding. Each virtual world can change genre and mechanics, allowing the story to mix science fiction, fantasy scenarios, mythological settings, and strategic b
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