The Apocalypse Is Being Formatted: This Fourth Calamity Really Doesn't Fear Death

Beast Sanctuary, Territory-Building Contest, Tech Progression, Trope Subversion, the Myriad Worlds, Lighthearted Comedy, Decisive Action, Fast Pace, Modern Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalypse, Fourth Calamity, Nonsensical Humor, Unexpected Contrast, Shelter-Building Contest

The whole world has become a mechanical sandbox war zone, ravaged by mechanical disasters. Humanity is forced to stake out territory and build cities just to survive. But Lu Lin'an, who suffers from severe dissociative disorder, is convinced he's wearing immersive VR gear and playing a single-player wasteland game. Death? Just a penalty for loading a save! The defenses are under threat? He just welds a ridiculous modifier onto the defense towers: sliding kicks that guarantee headshots, and a full ten minutes of maniacal laughter from every enemy! While other war zones despair and fall beneath the tide of steel, Lu Lin'an leads his bizarre main city on a rampage, flattening everything in its path. The mechanical army breaks down and cries out, "What mental hospital did this mad dog escape from?!"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.