Alpha Testers: Exodus Error [TRAPPED IN A GAME / LITRPG / VRMMO]

A rogue AI locked the alpha testers inside a revolutionary VRMMO. The UI broke. The starter zone turned lethal. Death became permanent. Nox's 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 between his friends and the world trying to kill them. 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. Tank MC - Dark But Not Grimdark - First person - Present tense New Chapters 3 Times a Week: Monday Wednesday Friday