Alpha Testers: Exodus Error

Nox was just one of the lucky players chosen for the alpha test of a revolutionary VRMMO. Then a rogue AI locked everyone inside the game. The logout vanished. The UI broke. The starter area turned lethal. And after Nox died, he became the last player the system ever allowed to respawn. Now death is permanent. His brother is missing. His friends are scattered. The monsters keep finding him no matter where he hides. And the key to everyone’s freedom is hanging around his neck. To survive, Nox has to do the only thing his build was made to do. Stand in-between his friends and the whole world. Will he get his brother and his friends out alive? Or learn the hard way that his shield can't save everyone?- - - - - - - - - - Alpha Testers is a trapped-game, survival LitRPG about found family, permadeath, and a brother worth crossing a dying world to reach. Book 1 is Complete.Chapter Length: 800-2000 Words (roughly ie a 3200 word Chapter 1) Tank MC Dark But Not Grimdark Very Light Romance Elements (No Harem). Update Schedule: M-F First person. Present tense. Short sentences.