
by DeepBlue
Riley wakes up in a world that already expects something from her. She has no gear.No knowledge.No protection. Only hunger, a hostile forest, and a system that marks her as a novice and demands progress without explaining the rules. This world functions like a stripped-down game tutorial—but there are no prompts, no retries, and no safety rails. Every resource must be scavenged. Every improvement must be earned. Every mistake carries weight that doesn’t disappear with time. Something stalks the woods at night.Something territorial.Something that remembers how this world used to work—and doesn’t like that Riley is here now. With predators closing in and an indifferent system measuring her every step, Riley must learn how this world rewards effort, punishes carelessness, and decides who deserves to keep moving forward. There are no chosen ones here.No free power.No guarantees of survival. Worlds are built.Heroes are forged. And Riley is starting from zero. What to expect: - 3 chapters a week from Monday, Wednesday and Friday. - Hard-won power growth. -Slower burn but worth it.
#12
2/3/2026
Peak #50
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#11
2/2/2026
Peak #49
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#10
2/1/2026
Peak #50
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#9
1/28/2026
Peak #50
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#8
1/28/2026
Peak #50
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Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 14:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#7256 of 7,531 · 7206 below #50
By genre
beats 50% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 87% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the Adventure Rising Stars bar (≈7 new followers/day) costs about 5.5k views/day — the story currently gets ~772.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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