
by Zom_au
Zane Rider was just an average Aussie bloke—until his quiet country property became ground zero for something impossible. A mysterious system overlays reality, monsters invade his land, and a black cube in the bush offers cryptic challenges and dangerous rewards. With his tough-as-nails best mate Tarni, his grown Kids, and his terminally ill wife Bell, they form an unlikely party in a game no one understands. As goblins, dungeons, and RPG mechanics bleed into real life, the team fights to protect their home, gather resources, and uncover what the system really wants. But time is running out—both in the game and for the world beyond their farm. Monsters are getting stronger. The cube is calling. And every level comes with new surprises… some of them fatal. A fast-paced, darkly funny LitRPG adventure set in rural Australia—where survival depends on machetes, mateship, and maybe a spear gun or two. Book One Now Complete!
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| 1 | Prologue: ZANE, Chapter 1: Going Home, and Chapter 2: A Child? | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 3: The system | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 4: Banned From Entry | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 6: The Goblin Ambush | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 6.1: Stats Plus a little extra | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 7: Death | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 8: Sandwiches | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 9: Jäger Regrets | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 11: Tactical Tarni’s Shopping Spree | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 13: The Kids | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 14: First Impressions | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 15: Bloody miracle | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 16: Going Home… Again | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 18: Goblins, Bikes, and Blades | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 18.1: Stats | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 19: Statistically Strong | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 19.1: Stats | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 20: The Road Home | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 21: Close, But Not Ready | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 22: Just One Thing | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 22.1: Stats plus a bit more | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 23: Minor Healing Potion | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 24: Moonlight Hunt | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 24.1 Stats | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 25: And then there were four | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 25.1 Full Stats | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 26: The 5th? | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 27 Stairs. What Stairs? | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 28: Complete Party | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 29: Tough Love | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 30: Bell’s Bootcamp | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 31.5: Full stats | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 32: One-Way Flight | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 33: Storms Brewing | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 34: Coffee, Stats, and Steam | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 35: Actually Thinking | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 36: Spike Traps and Dad Jokes | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 37: Night Watch | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 38: Dead Fish and Bad Decisions | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 39: Bright Horizons | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 40: The Weight of Healing | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 41: Thanks, Mate | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 42: Plans of Mice and Men | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 43: False Dawn | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 44: Friendly Fire and Team Bonding | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 45: Eye Stabber Ha-Rashion | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 46: New Skills and Sarcasm | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 46.1: Full Stats | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 47: Vexed and Vile Ideas | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 48: Bait | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 49: Bait (Part 2) | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 50: Rage of the Chief | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 51: The Warband's Last Stand | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 52: System Initialisation Update | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 53: Kai’s Choice | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 54: Bell’s Turn | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 55: Lily’s Turn? | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 55.1: Stats | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 56: James’ Call | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 56: Red Flags and Cement Bags | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 57: Toast, Tools, and the Hunt for the Dungeon | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 58: The Black Box | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 59: Welcome to the Dungeon | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 60: The Whistles of War | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 61: The Bark and the Bite | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 62: Post-Battle Debrief | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 63: Storming the Fort | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 64: Copper and Consequences | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 65: Creekside Respite | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 66: Feelings & Bazza | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 67: The Ambush | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 68: Dungeon Down, Bellies Up | 0 |
| 73 | Chapter 68.5: Stats | 0 |
| 74 | Chapter 69: Anticipation & Contemplation | 0 |
| 75 | Chapter 70: Tick Tock | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 71: Tundra, Summertime? | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 72: Constitution for the Warmth | 0 |
| 78 | Chapter 73: Locked and Loaded | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 74: Holding the Hill | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 75: Unexpected Guest | 0 |
| 81 | Chapter 76: The White Hemisphere | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 77: The Night's Sky | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 78: There Be Dragons? | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 79: Everything Hurts | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 80: Please Pass the Salt | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 80.1: Stats | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 81: Dendrophylax lindenii | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 82: What Already? | 0 |
| 89 | Chapter 83: Let's all get Classes? | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 84: So… What Did You Roll? | 0 |
| 91 | Chapter 85: Just Like an Isekai | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 86: Not Enough | 0 |
| 93 | Chapter 87: The Adventurers’ Guild | 0 |
| 94 | Chapter 88: Why are we so special? | 0 |
| 95 | Chapter 88: Wolves on the Ridge | 0 |
| 96 | Chapter 89: Uncertain Plans and Unfinished Systems | 0 |
| 97 | Chapter 90: A Fistful of Flowers | 0 |
| 98 | Chapter 90: A Fistful of Flowers Part Two | 0 |
| 99 | Chapter 91: Plans of Mice & Man | 0 |
| 100 | Chapter 92: Frogs and Fangs | 0 |
| 101 | Chapter 93: The Big Quest Part 1 | 0 |
| 102 | Chapter 93: The Big Quest Part 2 | 0 |
| 103 | Chapter 94: Going Home? | 0 |
| 104 | Chapter 95: The Empty Trail | 0 |
| 105 | Chapter 96: Be the Hero, Part 1 | 0 |
| 106 | Chapter 96: Be the Hero Part 2 | 0 |
| 107 | Chapter 97: HOPE | 0 |
| 108 | Chapter 98: Keeping it Even. | 0 |
| 109 | Chapter 98.1: STATS | 0 |
| 110 | Chapter 99: QOL | 0 |
| 111 | Chapter 100: Post-Traumatic Stress | 0 |
| 112 | Chapter 101: Classes Part 1 | 0 |
| 113 | Chapter 101: Classes Part 2 | 0 |
| 114 | Chapter 101: Classes Part 3 | 0 |
| 115 | Chapter 102: Teamwork makes the dreamwork | 0 |
| 116 | Chapter 103: Prepper’s | 0 |
| 117 | Chapter 104: Other People | 0 |
| 118 | Chapter 105: The Last Night | 0 |
| 119 | Chapter 106: Alignment of Disastrous Events | 0 |
| 120 | Chapter 107: Standoff | 0 |
| 121 | Chapter 108: The Cost of Change | 0 |
| 122 | Chapter 109: The World's First Dungeon Vs Zane | 0 |
| 123 | Chapter 110 Shopping and Presents | 0 |
| 124 | Chapter 111: The Horde? | 0 |
| 125 | Chapter 112: The End of The Beginning | 0 |
| 126 | Chapter 113: The Day the Sky Fell | 0 |
| 127 | Chapter 114: Allies | 0 |
| 128 | Chapter 115: Working Together | 0 |
| 129 | Chapter 116: Let’s all have some Cake | 0 |
| 130 | Chapter 117: Fear and Pain | 0 |
| 131 | Chapter 118: The Line Holds? | 0 |
| 132 | Chapter 119: Bulwark the Consumer | 0 |
| 133 | Chapter 120: Until he took an Arrow to the Knee | 0 |
| 134 | Epilogue | 0 |
| 135 | Book Two — Prologue | 0 |
| 136 | Book 2 Chapter 1: Why would they? | 0 |
| 137 | Book 2 Chapter 2: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | 0 |
| 138 | Book 2 Chapter 3: Taking Stock | 0 |
| 139 | Book 2 Chapter 4: Reading the Dungeon | 0 |
| 140 | Book 2 Chapter 5: People! | 0 |
| 141 | Book 2 Chapter 6: People! Part 2 | 0 |
| 142 | Book 2 Chapter 7: Keepsakes and Scrapbooks | 0 |
| 143 | Book 2 Chapter 8: Borrowed Time | 0 |
| 144 | Book 2 Chapter 9: The Power of Items | 0 |
| 145 | Book 2 Chapter 10: Taking Command? | 0 |
| 146 | Book 2 Chapter 10.1 — Max’s POV | 0 |
| 147 | Book 2 Chapter 11: Rendezvous at the edge of town | 0 |
| 148 | Book 2 Chapter 12: Trouble brewing | 0 |
| 149 | Book 2 Chapter 13: Skippy’s new friend | 0 |
| 150 | Book 2 Chapter 14: Homecoming | 0 |
| 151 | Book 2 Chapter 15: Leadership? | 0 |
| 152 | Book 2 Chapter 16: Follow the Leader | 0 |
| 153 | Book 2 Chapter 17: The Guild Master Requirements | 0 |
| 154 | Book 2 Chapter 18: Training | 0 |
| 155 | Book 2 Chapter 19: Do I have to fight? | 0 |
| 156 | Book 2 Chapter 20: Love at First Sight | 0 |
| 157 | Book 2 Chapter 21: Skill, Blankets, and Descent | 0 |
| 158 | Book 2 Chapter 22: Strategies | 0 |
| 159 | Chapter 23: Would I lie to you? | 0 |
| 160 | Chapter 24: The Vote | 0 |
| 161 | Book 2 Chapter 25: The People have spoken! | 0 |
| 162 | Chapter 26: Raw Fish | 0 |
| 163 | Book 2 Chapter 27: Homework and Stats | 0 |
| 164 | Book 2 Chapter 28: Growing Pains | 0 |
| 165 | Book 2 Chapter 29: A Town Grows | 0 |
| 166 | Book 2 Chapter 30: Some Questions and Answers | 0 |
| 167 | Book 2 Chapter 31: The Competition | 0 |
| 168 | Book 2 Chapter 32: Stats for the Win? | 0 |
| 169 | Book 2 Chapter 33: Teamwork for the Win | — |
| 170 | Book 2 Chapter 34: Wallaby Wrestling | — |
| 171 | Book 2 Chapter 35: Celebrations and Planning | — |