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Not Meant to Survive: A LitRPG Survival Story

Not Meant to Survive: A LitRPG Survival Story

by rhealey101

Portal Fantasy / IsekaiActionAdventureDramaFantasySlice of LifeLitRPGPortal Fantasy / IsekaiProgressionKingdom BuildingMultiple Lead Characters
Rising Stars:Fantasy #31Drama #9Adventure #30Action #27All #35
On Rising Stars: Overall #35

At fifty-six, Mark isn't looking to save the world. He's simply trying to survive in it. When he is pulled from his ordinary life into an unfamiliar world with a mysterious System and no way home, his priorities become painfully simple: find food, build shelter, secure clean water, and stay alive long enough to understand the rules. Before long, however, he discovers he isn't alone. More people continue to arrive, each just as confused and unprepared as he was. Children, families, farmers, craftsmen, and explorers all find themselves starting over in a dangerous new world where survival depends as much on cooperation as it does on strength. While others focus on leveling, Mark discovers that his greatest strength isn't fighting monsters. Instead, he finds himself organizing settlements, solving problems, connecting isolated communities, and building the roads, workshops, trade routes, and infrastructure that allow people to do more than simply survive. What begins as a lone shelter gradually grows into a camp, then an outpost, and eventually a thriving village. As new regions are explored, dangerous dungeons are uncovered, trade expands, and civilization slowly begins to take root. With every success come greater responsibilities, and Mark soon realizes that building a future for hundreds of people is far more difficult than surviving alone. Not Meant to Survive is a LitRPG settlement-building adventure featuring an older protagonist, exploration, regional development, trade, crafting, infrastructure, dungeons, and long-term progression instead of a lone overpowered hero. Release Schedule: Daily

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OverviewEngagementProseChapters
Favorites
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FVR
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Rating
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Ratings
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RS Days
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Total Chapters
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1Chapter 1 — Integration 0----
2Chapter 2 — Survival0----
3Chapter 3 — Growth0----
4Chapter 4 — Exploration0----
5Chapter 5 — Shelter0----
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7Chapter 7 — Fire & Food0----
8Chapter 8 — Fish & Water0----
9Chapter 9 — First Catch0----
10Chapter 10 — Bow + Arrow0----
11Chapter 11 — Fletched Stone Arrow 0----
12Chapter 12 — Control0----
13Chapter 13 — Forest Stalker0----
14Chapter 14 — System Upgrade0----
15Chapter 15 — System Control0----
16Chapter 16 — Hunting Big Game0----
17Chapter 17 — Not Enough0----
18Chapter 18 — Down But Not Out0----
19Chapter 19 — It Stays Down0----
20Chapter 20 — Putting Things in Place0----
21Chapter 21 — Follow the Signal0----
22Chapter 22 — Not Alone0----
23Chapter 23 — Testing Distance0----
24Chapter 24 — First Words0----
25Chapter 25 — Rocky Rise0----
26Chapter 26 — Not Ready0----
27Chapter 27 — First Steps0----
28Chapter 28 — Things Are Changing0----
29Chapter 29 — Separate Paths0----
30Chapter 30 — The Taste of Victory0----
31CHAPTER 31 — Consolidation & Direction0----
32Chapter 32 — CAMP DESIGN & FIRST BUILD0----
33CHAPTER 33 — Disturbance at the Cave0----
34CHAPTER 34 — PREPARATION0----
35CHAPTER 35 — Trap Run0----
36Chapter 36 — Someone Else0----
37Chapter 37 — Camp Recognition0----
38CHAPTER 38 — Edges of Control0----
39CHAPTER 39 — Controlled Zone0----
40CHAPTER 40 — Deeper Probe0----
41CHAPTER 41 — Complication0----
42CHAPTER 42 — Other Survivors0----
43CHAPTER 43 — A Cook Is Born0----
44CHAPTER 44 — Another Build Out0----
45CHAPTER 45 — Return to the Cave0----
46Chapter 46 — Material Changes0----
47CHAPTER 47 — Southern Sector0----
48CHAPTER 48 — Shared Awareness0----
49CHAPTER 49 — Out of the Zone0----
50CHAPTER 50 — Growth Cycle0----
51CHAPTER 51 — Westward0----
52Chapter 52 — Lakeside Settlement0----
53CHAPTER 53 — Word From The East0----
54Chapter 54 — Goats and Chickens0----
55CHAPTER 55 — Cave Mechanics0----
56CHAPTER 56 — Connected Settlements0----
57CHAPTER 57 — First Outpost0----
58CHAPTER 58 — Growing Paths 0----
59CHAPTER 59 — Cave Adaptation0----
60CHAPTER 60 — The Race to Eight0----
61CHAPTER 61 — Frontier Steward0----
62CHAPTER 62 — A Farmer In The Woods0----
63CHAPTER 63 — Murder Pigs0----
64CHAPTER 64 — Outpost Management0----
65CHAPTER 65 — Fields of Gold0----
66CHAPTER 66 — Settlement Tasks0----
67CHAPTER 67 — Cave Expansion0----
68CHAPTER 68 — Leather and Labor0----
69CHAPTER 69 — Regional Threat0----
70CHAPTER 70 — Preparations0----
71CHAPTER 71 — The Rootmaw Hunt0----
72CHAPTER 72 — Regional Steward0----
73CHAPTER 73 — Expansion Pressure0----
74CHAPTER 74 — Hammer and Nails0----
75CHAPTER 75 — Growing Things 0----
76Bonus 1 – A Day at Cave Camp0----
77CHAPTER 76 — The First Great Project0----
78CHAPTER 77 — Southern Survey0----
79CHAPTER 78 — Claiming the South0----
80Bonus 2 — Buster's Day Out0----
81CHAPTER 79 — Regional Management0----
82CHAPTER 80 — Forgeworks Progress0----