
by Z. L. Cross
Everyone entered Epoch End chasing immortality. Caden Cross came back from ten years in the future knowing the truth: the System Blessing was not freedom. It was a contract. Infinite respawns, instant skills, safe progression - all of it came with a ceiling no player could ever break. So this time, Caden refuses the system. No class.No stats.No respawns.No logout. As a Visitor, he can die for real. But he can also touch what players cannot, steal what the system cannot classify, and build a path outside the rules that once enslaved the world. While a hundred million immortal players race through Epoch End, one unbound man starts from nothing - with ten years of memories, a body of flesh and blood, and a single goal: Escape the game before it devours reality. New chapters daily during launch month.
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