Torchbearer 0.1

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THIS STORY IS NOW DEPRECATED! I'm leaving it online for a few days for people to catch up on the latest chapters, and then I will take it down! :) Thanks for sticking around for Sam's first run. I hope you'll enjoy the next one even more, it has over 30K more words throughout the first 30 chapters alone! Find the new version here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/73522/torchbearer-a-science-fantasy-litrpg Samantha was a saint, in the literal sense of the word. She was supposed to make things right for her people, to advance them beyond death, disease, and conflict. But when she opens her eyes after testing the technology that would be their salvation, there is only darkness. ------------------------------ An isekai sci-fi story about AI, personal reality domains, feral robots, fighting against slavery, and surviving in the ruins of a civilization that may or may not have collapsed because of your hubris. "Persona 5 and Psychonauts meet Nier: Automata and Horizon Zero Dawn'" ------------------------------ What's in the box? -A female MC with a unique advantage struggling against overwhelming odds -A female MC who accordingly gets her ass handed to her on several different levels -Feelings -Computers -Computers with feelings -Cyberspace that affects the real world and vice-versa -Hardware upgrades to make software upgrades possible -Software upgrades to make cool skills in cyberspace possible -Cool skills in cyberspace that make slaying enemies possible -Breaking into other AI domains for liberty and profit -Entire worlds collapsing into the void -AI who think they are people -AI who think they are animals -An author who thinks they are a coder -Pseudo-code made up by someone who can't tell the difference between an object and a unit -A relentless fight against slavery -A story about a character who got Isekai'd through space, then got isekai'd through time. Isekai²! One story, twice the Isekai! Not Included: -Overpowered MC -Isekai Bus -Paid DLC -Microtransactions -Pay to Win -A big burly dude who gitz all the wimminz -Crabs. At least not yet.

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