By the end of the week, Leo had reached the same firepower as the script gave him. But now, every gun told a story: The police station where he almost died. The convenience store with the secret ammo cache. The boss he beat by kiting zombies into fuel tanks because he had no rockets left.

Then, the novelty faded.

Without the scramble for ammo, the terror of a empty magazine, the desperate reload behind a flipped table — the zombies weren’t scary. They were just targets. Slow, predictable, boring.

The next day, he deleted his save file. No scripts. No mods. He started over on Normal difficulty with a rusty pistol and six bullets.

He had earned the right to be overpowered. And that made it fun.

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He quit to the main menu. His total playtime: 37 minutes. His total deaths: 0. His total fun: gone. That night, he couldn’t sleep. Not because of nightmares about zombies — but because of a nagging thought. What am I actually trying to unlock?

The first zombie he saw — a shambling nurse with a chewed arm — made his heart hammer. He missed two shots. Had to run. Found three rounds in a desk drawer. The relief was ridiculous. And real.