Xiao Yun survived on handouts from other gamers and the odd part-time job

Turns out man can live on Internet alone.

Or in this case, woman. Xiao Yun, a Chinese woman missing from the eastern Chinese city of Hengdian for 10 years, was discovered in Hangzhou, about 100 miles from where she grew up.

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Long since presumed dead, Xiao Yun was discovered Friday when police picked her up for using a fake ID in an Internet cafe. According to The Star, the woman, a fan of the first-person shooter video game CrossFire, said she’d been living in Internet cafes and bathhouses for the past 10 years, surviving on handouts from other gamers and the odd part-time cashier job. When she wasn’t working, eating or sleeping, she played CrossFire.

Xiao Yun told police initially that she’d been brought up by her grandparents, before admitting that she’d fled home 10 years ago after an argument. Authorities fined her about $150 for the fake ID and contacted her parents, who were thrilled to discover their daughter was alive.

“I have a stubborn personality and a short temper, so I used to scold her. But it’s been 10 years and now she’s an adult. I will never scold her again,” her mother told The Star.