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Level One Zombie [LitRPG, World Dungeon]

Level One Zombie [LitRPG, World Dungeon]

by Matthew-McKay

Urban FantasyActionAdventureContemporarySatireLitRPGUrban FantasyPost ApocalypticAnti-Hero LeadNon-Human Lead
Rising Stars:Satire #9Contemporary #8

Frank isn’t exactly a model citizen. He's also not here to save Earth; he just wants his favorite curse word back. Too bad the World Dungeon drops him in as a zombie with a level cap of 1 and a profanity filter that turns every F-bomb into “frank.” Earth is repossessed and rebranded by a mega corp called DungeonCore. The prize is ownership of the planet. This season is Hardcore Mode: if he dies, he gets stuck in his Lair until the next expansion drops, losing everything but the account unlocks he’s scraped together. Every death adds growing galactic debt to cover his auto-respawn fees. Humanity gets a head start, but deep-pocketed aliens are lining up to buy their way in. To make matters worse, some corporate genius hands all the hero classes to the NPCs, while actual players get saddled with monster classes. Frank spawns as a lowly zombie. All he’s got is stubbornness, handyman’s grit, and an accidental Universe First achievement that lets him build a class of his own. Frank’s no hero; he’s not even alive, technically. However, he is petty enough to move mountains if it means unlocking one four-letter word. Will that be enough to win? Probably not. But it might be enough to swear again. Level One Zombie is a darkly funny, System-forward LitRPG with Lair/town building, bureaucratic satire, and a delightfully petty anti-hero. What to expect:Single POV, first-person, past-tenseCursing, and lots of itDeeply flawed, badass, anti-hero, male MCDark themes (which are neither fetishized nor glorified)Lair building with worker and resource managementThemed Instances (dungeons) with interesting boss fightsCrunchy LitRPG with System messages and loads of stats and menus What not to expect:Romance Chapter length:2k to 2.5k Schedule:Mon, Tue, Thur @ 7:05 am EST

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#9
Peak Rank
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Followers
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OverviewEngagementProseChapters
Favorites
129
+53
FVR
1.22%
Rating
4.73
Ratings
109
+54
Reviews
20
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Comments
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RS Days
120
Total Chapters
45
Total Words
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Chapter Analysis
Word counts and prose metrics for each chapter
#TitleWordsFK GradeDialogueSSPVariation
01.01 - Knuckle-Deep0----
11.02 - The Most Versatile Word0----
21.03 - I Couldn’t Stop Myself0----
31.04 - Only One Brain Away0----
41.05 - You Chose Poorly0----
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1.06 - Cheaters Don’t Get Rewards
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61.07 - Murderhobo With Benefits0----
71.08 - Freedom of Speech: $4,9990----
81.09 - The Overworld Starts Here0----
91.10 - Free-Range NPCs0----
101.11 - Artificial Stupidity0----
111.12 - It Just Works0----
121.13 - Mostly Harmless0----
131.14 - First One’s Free0----
141.15 - Two Words: Flared Base0----
151.16 - I Franking Hate Bullies0----
161.17 - The Isle of Lost Hope0----
171.18 - Not a Man. Not Anymore.0----
181.19 - Franking Exorcisms0----
191.20 - Eight Inches From Failure0----
201.21 - You’ve Killed Us All0----
211.22 - Bruce Wayne Didn’t Make It0----
221.23 - The Economy Is a Weapon0----
231.24 - My Army of Darkness0----
241.25 - Hot-as-Frank 0----
251.26 - One Franked-Up Bar-bear-ian0----
261.27 - Paid in Blood0----
271.28 - Five Bots, One Frank, Zero Mercy0----
281.29 - Crittermancy is Bullshit0----
291.30 - Bipbity-Bopbity-Bullshit0----
301.31 - I Killed the Radio Star0----
311.32 - The Hand I was Dealt0----
321.33 - The Worst Tea Party Imaginable0----
331.34 - 2,800 Degrees0----
341.35 - The Devil Comes0----
351.36 - Stuck Between an Effigy and a Hard Place0----
361.37 - Like a Goddamn Hamster0----
371.38 - Everyone Breaks0----
381.39 - Tasted Like a Bad Decision0----
391.40 - Heartburn from Hell0----
401.41 - Four Stories and a Funeral0----
411.42 - Gag Reflex0----
421.43 - Percussive Maintenance0----
431.44 - Chain Reaction Diplomacy0----
441.45 - Fashionably Late to the Warzone0----