Jax waited. He spent his first hundred seconds simply pacing. By the time he hit his first minute, a single hop sent him twenty feet into the air. By the ten-minute mark, he was clearing entire buildings in a single bound. The goal was the , a legendary tower that reached into the stratosphere, filled with disappearing blocks and spinning lasers.
At first, he could barely reach the lowest ledge. He watched other players, titans who had been in the realm for hours, soaring like rockets into the clouds, their trails glowing with the effects of those who had conquered the heights. 1 JUMP EVERY SECOND
Jax woke up in a void of neon platforms and floating islands. He wasn’t a hero or a warrior; he was just a regular avatar with one peculiar curse—or blessing. Every single second he stood on the ground, his potential energy surged. His ankles felt a little springier. Tick. His knees felt like coiled metal. Tick. The ground beneath him seemed to hum. Jax waited