His mundane grind just got a critical System Agent status. But with new powers come cosmic dangers.
Leo Maxwell clawed his way from rock bottom, leveraging a mysterious System to build a stable life and a promising tech career. Now, the Architects who run the Game have taken notice. After a high-stakes encounter that threatened to expose their secrets, Leo is offered a become a Probationary Agent or face the consequences.
Thrust into a shadowy world of inter-Faction conflict, Leo must now juggle his demanding day job with clandestine training, cryptic directives, and the ever-present threat of Faction Sigma-Null – parasitic entities exploiting the System for their own gain. Armed with new skills, a direct line to his enigmatic Architect handler, and the legacy of a long-lost Agent, Leo uncovers a conspiracy that runs deeper than he ever imagined.
From deciphering historical data fragments to neutralizing rogue System nodes and facing active hostile operatives, Leo’s “real-life grind” takes on terrifying new dimensions. He’ll need to master advanced digital countermeasures, navigate complex protocols, and make impossible choices where failure isn’t just a game over – it’s oblivion.
As the stakes escalate from localized glitches to campus-wide crises, Leo learns that true power lies not just in leveling up, but in the synergistic fusion of his mundane expertise and his burgeoning Agent abilities. But when a message from the shadows questions everything he thought he knew about the Architects and the System itself, Leo must decide where his true loyalties lie.
The training wheels are off. The real Agent grind has begun. Can Leo survive his probationary period and become the asset the Architects need, or will he be just another echo in the System?