It was 2:47 AM, and Leo’s external drive was screaming.

He opened (the first hurdle—right-click, “Run as administrator,” click through the scary security prompt). His heartbeat matched the blinking drive light.

The first result made his eyes glaze over. mklink /D [link] [target] . It looked like arcane wizardry. But he was desperate.

He typed carefully, as if defusing a bomb:

Hesitantly, he opened File Explorer. Inside C:\GameProject , a new folder appeared— Assets . It had a tiny shortcut arrow on its icon, but it looked… normal.