When the System Apocalypse fell on the world, most didn't understand what was going on.

Life is a game now? Monsters prowl the streets? Random ruins, caves and sewers turned into dungeons?

Wait? Internet is gone? Why can't I charge my phone? Can this blue box stop floating before my face? How do you even do laundry by hand?

Well, people asked all sorts of questions.

Will this work like in the web novels? Should I risk my life to be the first to kill a ten levels stronger monster? Could I even do that? Why do I not have legs? Will I respawn? I want to respawn.

I don't want to respawn, I want out of this hell. Why did I choose this games system? Immortality sucks. My stats will never be high.

Can I exploit the enchanting and potion crafting? What do you mean the time doesn't pause while I operate the crafting station? The potion only lasts six seconds!

What sort of idiotic System Admin thought it was a good idea to not nerf the insta-kill spells!!

Wait? I can Draw?

There are classes not shown at the Crystals?

Some dungeons scale with level?

I can trade cards with NPCs at my own Outpost?

Some questions, led to better outcomes. But only a tiny bit better.

Unless, of course, they were asked by someone who remembered every single piece of data from that game they played as a kid.

And maybe, just maybe, it was one of those games that let you... well, it wouldn't be fun to put everything in the synopsis.

So yeah, the System here, is based on various real games... but since that's where the inspiration (copy-pasting) ends, I don't think fan-fiction tag is quite required.

Just wanted to build the ways to exploit the System, with something that actually exists, so it would feel slightly less like plot armour. Hopefully.