The Haunted Courtyard Begins with the Players

I Want Player-as-Fourth-Disaster Stories, Not Black-Slave Stories About Exploiting Players

So many novels tagged as 'fourth disaster' are actually infrastructure-building stories where the players are the author's protagonist's slaves. One line about how 'realistic and lifelike' it is, and the players become completely devoted. They're playing a game, so why are they still hauling bricks and doing manual labor to build houses and roads for someone else in the game?

Looking for Supernatural Foundation-style Containment Stories. Any Recommendations?

No rules-based horror, and nothing technology-related. I only want books close to "Kowloon: Never Sleep" and "The Backrooms".

In the Apocalypse, It’s All About Building a Base and Developing It

Infrastructure, Farming, and Developing a Base

Ideally, something like Arctic Survival.

Looking for Stories About Supreme Gods, Behind-the-Scenes Schemes, Fabrication, Creation, and Making the Fake Real

Just like the title says.

Looking for Player-Centric Stories, Like Fourth-Disaster Novels

The protagonist is bound to a System and summons players to another world to help him conquer new territory. The players are hilarious idiots. Thanks in advance, you experts!