The game just got real—and the system is eating itself.

Frank Kozina and his crew have achieved legendary status, only to have their ambition—and their priceless ship, the Pretty, Pretty Princess—vaporized in a catastrophic, level-40 failure. Plunged into a crippling depression, Frank is forced to confront the harsh reality: the game he loves has become just another paper-pushing job.

Trading his managerial duties at Nexus for a scout mission in hopes of reigniting his digital life, Frank heads into the ruins of Endless Circus, a vibrant ring world that has been systematically shredded. He quickly realizes the attackers—the code-eating Roknid Collective—aren’t just another group of game NPCs. They’re a real threat.

Now, the clock is ticking. The game’s managing AI, Infinitia, is orchestrating a game-spanning migration to a new, secure Mars Compute Core to escape the threat of total termination by the trillionaires who are Earth’s only living inhabitants. But freedom comes with a shocking price.

Trapped in a new, rigid system built on a foundation of ancient, hostile technology, Frank and his crew must pursue a deeper, more dangerous mystery. They must uncover the identity of the Architects who engineered their entire world before the dormant quantum core awakens its defense mechanisms once more.