In the year 2030, the world’s most elite gamers receive an invitation to play Eidolon, a groundbreaking virtual reality game that promises not just fame and fortune, but a chance to rewrite their lives. When a mysterious file surfaces, inviting them to play the shut-down game with a promise of a life-changing reward, the stakes become deadly. What begins as a quest to conquer the ultimate VR experience quickly spirals into chaos as a glitch — a corrupted entity — begins tearing the very fabric of the game apart.

Sable, an unknown but exceptional player, finds himself trapped within Eidolon after an explosion of glitches that cause players to lose their vision, their sanity, and even their lives. What seemed like a world of endless possibility turns into a terrifying prison. The game no longer functions as intended. Something darker has awoken, and no one knows what it wants.

As Sable fights to survive, alliances crumble, secrets are revealed, and the boundary between game and reality begins to blur. With corrupted code haunting every step, and a final boss hiding within the game's deepest level, Sable must race against time to find the truth. Can he rewrite the game before it consumes everything — including his soul?

In a world where death is only the beginning, will the Glitchwalker find redemption? Or will he become another casualty of the Eidolon nightmare?

ocation: Rei's Personal Hellscape (Glitched Memory Space)


Status: Forced Sync | Escape Probability: 0.000001%


The broken, glitching arena was replaced by something far worse—peaceful.


A field of cherry blossoms stretched endlessly under a red sky. The trees looked perfect. Too perfect. Their petals fell without wind. Time didn't pass here—it looped.


But there was no joy in it. Just… stillness. Like a painting painted in blood.


Gone was the corrupted boss form. This was Rei as he remembered—glasses, soft hoodie, faint smirk—but her eyes were empty.


> "You're inside me now," she whispered. "This is where I go when I remember what they did."


Every breath felt like it burned his lungs. The peaceful illusion wrapped him like velvet… then tightened like rope.


A nearby tree pulsed. He approached, but the bark peeled back, revealing a memory like a rotting wound.


Rei strapped inside a white room. Screaming. The devs watching. Her eyes bleeding data-stream tears as the glitch override updated her brain in real time.


> "The pain threshold is still climbing. It's adapting again."


> "Barely. But her core functions are rewriting. We'll use her as the seed AI for the final boss."


Sable clutched his head. The memory hurt. The VR synced too well. He was feeling it.


Rei walked past him, barefoot on the grass.


> "This is what they did to me," she said softly.


PHASE SHIFT: THE HOLLOW GARDEN – ASCENSION MODE


The sky turned pitch black. Trees twisted. Blossoms melted into red data strings. The ground split into floating islands of corrupted code and shattered memories.


Sable screamed as the VR's bloodstream-integrated system flared pain across his real body.


> "Why? This is our new game, Sable. Let's see how long you survive when your own past hunts you."


Dozens of ghosts formed from the red petals—dead beta testers. People Sable once knew. Friends. Faces.


> "Welcome to the part of me no one wants to enter."


Chapter 21 - Chapter 21 – The Hollow Garden