by Ix.author
George wakes in a white room with no memory, a ticking countdown, and a single red button. He's fifty-year-old father trapped inside a deadly idle game. Even worse, George's entire progression path appears to involve clicking a button over and over while stronger players carve their way through the game around him. Then he receives a cheat-code ability. Suddenly, the more danger George faces, the sharper his mind becomes and the more time slows around him. What begins as a desperate fight for survival slowly transforms George into something terrifying—a time-bending knight in magical armor with an AI sidekick in his head. What to expect: • Middle-aged underdog MC who grows on you as he rediscovers his own identity and learns how to survive• LitRPG + clicker/incremental progression• Creative system exploitation• Scrap-built machines, traps, and automation• Deadly survival trials• Slow-burn progression into an endgame monster• A friendly, but sarcastic AI companion with lots of banter• Sci-fi/fantasy apocalypse• Found family
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| 1 | Chapter 1: THIS IS OUR GAME | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 2: THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 3: Crafting Unlocked | 0 |
| 4 | Chapter 4: BESIDES, I HELPED YOU. YOU’LL SEE. | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 5: Dad is the king of pancakes. | 0 |
| 6 | Chapter 6: Purchased: Familiar—Node Spider. | 0 |
| 7 | Chapter 7: You’re along for the ride. I'm driving. | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 8: A bunch of things humanity didn't even know existed. | 0 |
| 9 | Chapter 9: Three MacGyvers out of a possible ten | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 10: Say that when your X-wing gets stuck in a swamp… | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 11: I’m Nod, the super node spider. | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 12: Keep pulling that cord, Sisyphus! | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 13: The Convergence of the Twain | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 14: This is never going to work. | 0 |
| 15 | Chapter 15: Two man enter, one man leave. | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 16: A 50/50 chance you’ll end up as a sentient gas pyramid scheme. | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 17: We're gonna need a bigger boat. | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 18: BUT YOU ONLY JUST ARRIVED | 0 |
| 19 | Chapter 19: I GOT DRUGGED AND LEFT FOR DEAD IN MEXICO - AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID SHIRT. | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 20: I call it falling into the gutter. | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 21: You don't know how it feels to be me. | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 22: We're a papa! | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 23: Spiders, assemble! | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 24: Soon George has to go away to a place where something will probably eat him. | 0 |
| 25 | Chapter 25: Nodlings! Hit that button. | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 26: Never invite monsters from the Ink to your planet when death is on the line. | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 27: Life finds so many curious ways to preserve itself, does it not? | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 28: A feature of the helm that I neglected to mention. | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 29: Uh. I think we can weld, George. | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 30: The Minotaur Justifies the Existence of the Labyrinth | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 31: I like the cut of his jib. | 0 |
| 32 | Chapter 32: Just keep that shaft coming. Always room for more. | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 33: I Am Your Father | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 34: Floor is Lava | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 35: Let’s just say I’ve got a bad feeling about it. | 0 |
| 36 | Chapter 36: I hate to disparage my fellow thinking machine, but this guy seems like kind of a dick. | 0 |
| 37 | Chapter 37: Curiouser and curiouser | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 38: One For the Road | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 39: Go get me that guy’s pants! | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 40: The Emissary Shard of the Ill-Starred Knight | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 41: Voidmetal ninjas don’t hide behind wingback chairs in the dark | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 42: Lest thine ears deceive me, that was a little girl. | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 43: Dear Johnny. We come in peace. Please turn down your scary carny vibes. | 0 |
| 44 | Chapter 44: Thus George’s kooky odyssey continues... | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 45: A few traumatized soldiers catching a breather and smoking a J between battles. | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 46: This mama bear shit is going to get us killed someday. | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 47: Eventually, it will boil. | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 48: It just doesn’t get grosser than that guy. | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 49: Message Received. Prince Neco is a sociopath who needs to get got. | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 50: I love it when a plan comes together | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 51: Who Will Watch the Watchers? | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 52: It pays to be a telepath | 0 |
| 53 | Chapter 53: You May Call A Falcon From The Sky, But Will You Like It When It Lands On Your Arm? | 0 |
| 54 | Chapter 54: The Home Alone Contingency | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 55: Holy Hasselhoff, it’s a Knight Rider! | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 56: The Ill-Starred Knight… Rider | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 57: The Way Down Is The Way Up | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 58: Let’s call it the “Code Venom.” | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 59: It is time for the Missing Dolphin Seat to frolic in the fickle waves of fate once again | 0 |
| 60 | Chapter 60: It jumps! It hovers! It shrinks! It grows! It glistens! | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 61: I’ll take a Freddy Krueger hat, and my friend here will have a black cloak and red light | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 62: A big box hardware store, but for killing things. | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 63: HURRY UP PLEASE, IT’S TIME | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 64: Its name is most certainly not Jellybean. | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 65: Said the Spider to the Fly | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 66: George’s Run (I) | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 67: George’s Run (II) | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 68: George’s Run (III) | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 69: George’s Run (IV) | 0 |
| 70 | Chapter 70: George’s Run (V) | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 71: George’s Run (VI) | 0 |
| 72 | Chapter 72: George's Run (VII) | 0 |
| 73 | Chapter 73: George’s Run (VIII) | 0 |
| 74 | Help Me Shape Book Two (Reader Questions) | 0 |
| 75 | Chapter 74: George's Run (IX) | 0 |
| 76 | Chapter 75: George’s Run (X) | 0 |
| 77 | Chapter 76: George's Run (XI) | 0 |
| 78 | Real Talk Time | 0 |
| 79 | Chapter 77: George’s Run (XII) | 0 |
| 80 | Chapter 78: George’s Run (XIII) | 0 |
| 81 | Book 2 Teaser: Vote on George’s New Powers | 0 |
| 82 | Chapter 79: George’s Run (XIV) | 0 |
| 83 | Chapter 80: George’s Run (XV) | 0 |
| 84 | Chapter 81: George’s Run (XVI) | 0 |
| 85 | Chapter 82: George’s Run (XIII) | 0 |
| 86 | Chapter 83: George’s Run (XIV) | 0 |
| 87 | Chapter 84: George's Run (XV) | 0 |
| 88 | Chapter 85: From the Fragments to the Aftermath | 0 |
| 89 | Chapter 86: George Ascendant | 0 |
| 90 | Chapter 87: What else did you say that night? | 0 |
| 91 | Chapter 88: Buckle Up, Chuckleheads | 0 |
| 92 | Chapter 89: Tactical Retreat | 0 |
