
by Miret2O
Neo and Hunt, two engineering students about to graduate, are killed in an explosion during a test of an experimental hydrogen-powered car they designed themselves. After their death, a mysterious entity offers them the chance to be reborn in a medieval world where magic exists. Intrigued by its new laws of physics, they accept.They find themselves in a forest teeming with mutated creatures, and, using their special abilities and scientific mindset, they begin to analyze this new world. For years, they survive on their own, studying monsters, discovering how mana works, and developing theories that bridge magic and science. Using magical crystals, runes, and strange materials, the two engineers begin to recreate modern technology using magic: energy systems, advanced tools, and even a laboratory within their own subdimension. After six years of research, survival, and technological development, they decide to leave the forest and face the real outside world, where their knowledge could shift the balance between realms, magic, and power
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 12:38 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
5%
Two or more lists
3%
Likely threshold order: Sci-fi → Drama → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Sci-fi + Drama (2%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#12245 of 12,350 · 12195 below RS #50
By genre
beats 83% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 16% of similar stories
Hidden gem — exposure is the bottleneck
Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.