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George's children are in danger. He wakes in a featureless white room with no memory-and a countdown to a trial he may not survive.
He's been dropped into a deadly game world where magic, machines, and interdimensional monsters collide. He can only level up by clicking a button... a lot... and has to earn gold to buy back his memories to learn who he is, what happened to his kids, and how he got here.
Outmatched, under-leveled, and on a clock, George has only a few advantages.
A strange, telekinetic ability lets him find, shape, and weaponize whatever he can get his hands on-scrap metal, broken tools, the environment itself.
A cheat code ability that lets him slow the world at critical moments-long enough to see patterns, make impossible decisions, and turn certain death into a narrow escape.
And in his head, a talkative, sharp-tongued AI companion-a "brain spider" named Nod-offers advice, banter, and just enough of an edge to keep him alive.
If he wants to reach his children, George won't just have to survive, he'll have to become something far more dangerous than anyone expects.
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