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by wk_rust_books
A colony ship saves lives. A dungeon core takes them. Colin must do both. COL-1N's only job as the ship AI was to get his humans to their new world as fast as possible. Then he crashed their ship. Out of options, he jacks himself into the local alien computer network and gains access to the Dungeon Core Network. Now, running on backdoored access and hacky workarounds, he has to run the dungeon while also exploiting it to repair his ship—and try to hold on to his conscience while he does it. Because the longer the delvers spend inside his ship-turned-dungeon, the more they start to look like the very people he swore to protect. But he doesn't have much time. The war humanity is running from is still coming for them, and if he's not careful, he might get pulled into another. Posting 5x a week until Oct 2nd. New Chapters M/W/F after that. Cover artist: https://www.instagram.com/floresjcc
Current
9/24/2026
Peak #17
7d
Current
9/24/2026
Peak #16
7d
Current
9/24/2026
Peak #15
7d
Current
9/23/2026
Peak #14
8d
Current
9/20/2026
Peak #3
11d
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