by Erimlazytis
The story follows Elliot, a young man who, in the midst of a trek with his sister Mia and her boyfriend Nick, gets himself forcefully separated and pulled into the middle of nowhere with hardly a warning as a consequence of the more than questionable machinations of an uncaring alien system, which has been planning to integrate our universe into its fold on this very day for quite a long time. Forced to survive among unnatural monsters within the suddenly endless wilderness, Elliot resorts to desperate measures bordering on madness just to amass enough stats, survive, and hopefully stay ahead of the power curve among ever more powerful monsters. Maybe even developing a few unsavory but powerful skills in the process of someday finding his way back to civilization should his unpredictable luck allow it. Around 2500 words a chapter with three chapters a week. (Reaches 3000 words somewhat often.) Planned Dungeon-core type kingdom building via Prototype & Dead Space inspired abilities. Slow / Medium burn.
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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 · ~#1476 of 7,628 · 1426 below #50
By genre
beats 81% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 47% 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 Mystery Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 237 views/day — the story currently gets ~120.
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.
