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Milolivesinasteelcavewithinaman-mademountainofsteelandconcrete.Hespendshisdays...Readmore

Milolivesinasteelcavewithinaman-mademountainofsteelandconcrete.Hespendshisdaysrepairingthemachinerythatkeepsthehabitatlivableandtinkeringwiththeprostheticsthathelphistwistedbodymoveaboutthroughthesmalltunnelsandairshaftsthatarehisworld.He'sasmuchapieceofdiscardedmachineryastheequipmenthekeepsrunning.Givenachanceatbeingsomeonedifferentwillhebecomeaheroandliveinthesunlight?Thelightbeckons,buttherearesecretsburiedintheground.Ancientmysteriesleftbyracesthatdelveddeepandstayedbelow.Maybeonlyatunnelratcouldfindthem?Collapse

Grimdark,LitRPG,Magic,MaleProtagonist,Non-humanProtagonist,VirtualReality,WeaktoStrong,CharacterGrowth,ModernDay

I'muptoch175andlovingit.Fantasticallycraftedstoryandcharacters.It'sbothseriousandsilly.Afairlygrimworld(welltwoworlds)butatthesametimethestorydoesn'ttakeitselfsoseriouslyallthetime.Itmanagesitwellwithagoodbalanceofboth.Anditmanagestokeepthecomedybothfresh,subtle,absurdandnormalized.Itypicallycan'tstandmostcomedicstoriesbecauseitusuallyendsupwithmemesconstantlyoverthetop,becomingmajornonsensicalplotpointsandbeatenuntilit'sdead.TunnelRatmanagesitintoanenjoyablecompanionwhichaidstheprogressionoftheplotratherthanleadingandreplacingit.Andtheloreisbothrichandconsistent,asarethephysicsofbothmachinesandmagic.Theterminologyisn'tjustnovelgobledigookslappedtogetherbutcloseenoughtoIRLtermsandmeaningsthatevenI,anengineer,amnotbotheredbyitlikeIamwithmajorityofstoriesonhere.Definitelywortharead.

It’saverywierdstory,orshouldIsayastorythatisn’toftheusualnorm.Likewhomakesthemaincharacterarat?Especiallyadeformedone.XDOveralltho,theplotandworldbuilding,bothrealandvirtualisveryinteresting.Ifoundittobeanicestory.Therearemanysmallconslikesomechaptersbeingjustaboutthestatsoftheplayer,however,I’llstillgivethisa4/5or3.9/5.

Thissoconfusing,itstartsoutdealingwithavaultlikedwellingliving,thenvrgaming,AIcontrollthingsandpeoplewholiveoutofthevaultdwellings.Tomuchiscrammedintothisstory.

imaginebeingarat

Ratsareprettyneat.Verysmart.Andnotatallasdirtyasthey'reoftenportrayed.They'rejustpronetodiseasebecauseofhowsuccessfullaspeciestheyareatsurvivinginallkindsofenvironments,andanyspeciesthatreachesacertaindensityofpopulationisliabletogetravagedbydisease.*cough*covid*cough*

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It'smostlikelyabot.Henotonlycopiesthenovel,butalsoitsassessmentfromthesourcesite.Ifyouneedtoputaninteger(3,4,5)thenvote1time,andiffractional(4.5,3.5)thenvoteseveraltimestodisplaytheaveragenumberasitshould.(ItranslatewithGoogle,sorry^^)

Whoisthepersongiving3-starratingstothenewNovelspleaseleaveareview.Iwouldappreciateit

Iheardfromsomecommentsthatitisthelordofranobeshimselfwhenhethinksthosenovelsaremidandnottrulyworthlike4.5+stars

Hejustgiveseverynovel3starssothefirstvotewon’tswaytheratingstoomuchandinfluencepotentialreaders