Life is hard, and jobs are scarce. Too many people in the real world live in poverty, forced to find online work in virtual reality. And things are getting worse. The old internet is unusable and has been destroyed. The new System needs artificial intelligence to run, but most AIs have been wiped out. Now everyone is scrambling to enter the Genesis Engine, as it is becoming the new global marketplace. Everyone wants a piece of the new game. Guilds race to find dungeons and defeat the biggest monsters. Companies are claiming land and building their online markets. Oz and his friends just want a paycheck. Four friends discover that they're locked into a five-year contract in a tiny village, unable to go adventuring and earn enough to buy back their freedom. They don't have many options. They can spend the next few years as blacksmiths, barmaids, and shepherds... or they can cheat and find ways to exploit the System. When they hand you a mop instead of a sword, you have to find a loophole and change the rules.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
It's well written, and you can tell that you wrote it yourself.