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[ CHINESE INTERNET CULTURE ][ GEN Z BRAINROT ]

Achieving a goal through unconventional, corner-cutting, or outright cheat-adjacent methods rather than the "proper" disciplined path — borrowed from wuxia/cultivation fiction's distinction between orthodox and heterodox cultivation techniques, now applied broadly to gaming exploits and real-life life-hacks alike.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"他没按标准流程走,直接邪修出了一套自己的学习方法。"

LORE & ORIGIN

Term from Chinese wuxia and xianxia (cultivation) fiction describing an unorthodox, often forbidden path to power, adopted into gaming slang for exploit-like shortcuts and eventually into everyday internet slang for any unconventional shortcut to a goal.

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